#y

Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#everything #instead #satisfying #spirit #tortures

Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#human race #poetry #race

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#always #basic #composer #decide #difficult

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#am #closest #did #i #i always

I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#asian #compared #especially #even #had

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#dark #honest #i #i write #low

In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#conscious #i #in the beginning #listener #me

It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#i #i am #necessary #product #viewed

Nobody's free until everybody's free. ↗

— Fannie Lou Hamer

#free #nobody #until

For the last five years I've been in the production business. ↗

— Chico Hamilton

#business #five #i #last #production