“Because we want the same happinessWe keep carving the same wounds onto our hearts.Forever, foreverSo I won't forget youI call you over and over againPlease don't cry any moreI won't leave you alone.”Ayumi Hamasaki Part of Me Lyrics, Miscellaneous
“[…] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. […] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.”Ayumi Hamasaki Interview with TalkAsia, November 2007
“"Maria" There is someone I should love.At times I sustain deep, deep wounds.But, by the person I should love,they are all healed."Maria" Everyone is crying."Maria" But I want to believe."Maria" So I'm praying nowthat this is my final love.Beginnings come at random,but endings always have a reason.”Ayumi Hamasaki Source: Lyrics, I am..., M
“On that day, you decidedThat you would walk by yourselfOn the endless roadthat crosses the clouds [and leads] to the skyLeaving so much hereI want to tell you and talk about.”Ayumi Hamasaki Untitled ~For Her~ Lyrics, Guilty
“I don't want a weak heart that can't cryor the strength not to cry.I'll search for a shootingStar to cast my wishes on, butDaybreak will come too soonAnd I won't be able to find one.”Ayumi Hamasaki Hanabi Lyrics, Rainbow
“Though my heart is filled with feelings I want to conveyYou see, I can't express them in wordsIf I had not met youI wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain”Ayumi Hamasaki No Way To Say Lyrics, Memorial Address
“I saw the end of an agewith these, my eyes.But I didn't want to knowthat it's my turn next.”Ayumi Hamasaki Duty Lyrics, Duty
“Who taught me true strength?Who taught me kindness?Whom do I walk for?Who did I want to stroke my hair?Who didn't give up for me?I'll never forget.”Ayumi Hamasaki Who... Lyrics, Loveppears
“I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment.”Ayumi Hamasaki