1.
If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.
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2.
I stopped caring what people thought.
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3.
I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.
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4.
If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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5.
Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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6.
Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
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7.
Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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8.
When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didnt have time to think.
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9.
I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.
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10.
Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventurous person. I don't look for change.
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11.
I wish I could balance life as an artist and a mother, but sometimes when I am doing live concerts, I have to ask people to help me in my other role.
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12.
I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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13.
When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
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14.
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
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15.
After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.
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16.
I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.
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17.
I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
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18.
I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.
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19.
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
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20.
For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.
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21.
If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
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22.
Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.
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23.
I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.
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24.
Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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25.
During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
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26.
I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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27.
Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
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28.
Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.
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29.
In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff.
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