For cubic U I didn't know how it all got started at all.

In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.

No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.

I can never really enjoy being famous.

Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.

It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.

People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.

There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now.

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

For cubic U I didn't know how it all got started at all.

The world is in motion, as it seems.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements.

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.

I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.

I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.

I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.

I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day.

And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.

Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.

Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.

And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.

I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!

But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.

For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.

I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.

When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

I think people need to have fun with whatever they're doing - makeup, their clothes, music, live shows - anything you don't need to take too seriously, don't take too seriously.

Food is not rational. Food is culture habit craving and identity.

There is no nobility with bad manners.

Theology is unnecessary.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.

The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to keep the government from running the Church. But it is not to keep Christian principles out of the government.

The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform.

I think as an actor you have to be open to your emotions - that's how you tap into other characters. Besides, by being so open I've come to terms with how screwed I am!

I always wanted to work on the consumer market; I always wanted to work with people.

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

Sometimes people come to my standup show, and they think they're going to see Doug Wilson. Or they see me on the street, and they call me Doug Wilson.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.