* Ayu writes her songs to reflect deep feelings inside her. She has given some comments about her songs.
* Trauma: "I'd just been to the doctor and he said I had a head trauma. I don't see why. I only fell down a 2 meter hole." (Dome Tour 2001)
* vogue: "I like the magazine."
* M: "I never remember how to spell it!"
* GAME: "I had just bought an XBOX."
* P.S.II: "Then I threw it out and got a PS2."
* My name's WOMEN: "It was originally called 'my name's AYUMI' but that was too obvious."
* Flower Garden: "I wanted to call it 'weed garden' but Max Matsuura isn't such a fan."
* STEP you: "My mother was trying to teach me how to count to ten, but I couldn't get past four."
* Ladies Night: "IT WAS MY IDEA FIRST! SWEETBOX COPIED ME!"
* Rainy Day: "I only wrote it because I was bored. Max wouldn't let me go play in the rain with Namie and BoA."
* Born to Be...: "I forgot to finish the title."
* Neverending Dream: "I was in a coma for a few months."
* Memorial Address: "I forgot my address."
* A Song Is Born: "Damn right it was, and I had to go through the whole 9 months pregnancy too."
* Still Alone: "This song's autobiographical. But I still have my friends! And my band! And my adoring fans! Right? ... RIGHT?!"
* Teddy Bear: "I was running out of people to write songs for. (See Still Alone)"
* No More Words: "The title of this song is the reason the first whole minute has no words. I was running out of material at this point."
* No Way To Say: "I lost my voice."
* +: "I will revolutionize the industry with my one-character songs! Mwahahhahahaha!"
* Walking Proud: "Waakingu Puraudo? That's one of my songs?"
* HONEY: "Don't talk about that song...I still have the bee sting wounds..."
* July 1st: "I wrote it for the July 1st invasion of the USA."
* I am...: "I forgot."
* SEASONS: "Made to promote my next calendar!"
* Sotsugyou Shashin (Graduation Picture): "Finally learning how to count, I graduated from elementary school.
* A Song for XX: "This is a song dedicated to porn."
* Free & Easy: "This song is about stealing, of course."
* P.S. II: "I cannot legally say PS2 in a song but i really want one but Max Matsuura says I cannot have one"
* WHATEVER: "I was getting pretty lazy with my song names at this point" (see +)
* Everywhere Nowhere: "This is a song about God."
* RAINBOW: "I decided that gay people need love too. Plus I like making out with myself, hihi."
* BOYS AND GIRLS: "This is a song dedicated to bisexuals.. and myself."
* "A" "H": "Those are my INITIALS?!?!?!"
* "criminal": "I got caught stealing." (See Free & Easy)
* Are You Wake Up?: "Just say it like ten times in a row. Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Are You Wake Up? Now I bet you just had a seizure."
* Beautiful Fighters: "I wanted to write a song for all the transsexuals out there, including that poor Koda Kumi."
* Evolution: "I'M CHANGING!"
* BLUE BIRD: "I was high and had the hots for Big Bird from Sesame Street. Ooh, those slender legs..."
* 1 LOVE: "There is only 1 love for me...my fans. Haha, just shitting you, it's really MYSELF!"
* Fairyland: "Somebody told me that I was away with the fairies... I don't see why..."
* Moments: "At moments, when I think about my childhood, I feel the cold claws of death and despair once again on my innocent soul. But then I think of how much better I am than Koda Kumi, and everything is alright :3"
* REAL Me: "NO! Seriously I am the real me I'm not just another Dancing robot. Oh and a woman can be dangerous in order to survive."
* talkin' 2 myself: "So, sometimes I talk to myself. ...Wait, what do you mean that's not normal? I thought everyone did it. Dammit, Koda lied to me!"
* glitter: "You'd think it's some metaphor for something really deep, but screw that, I just like looking at shiny stuff."
* WE WISH: "... You a merry christmas! ... Wait, those aren't the lyrics..."
* End of the World: "So like, I had THE worst day. First, I woke up to find Max staring at me creepily, then I slapped him and TOTALLY broke a nail, then I was walking around the avex building and Koda Kumi came up to me looking WAY ****tier than I was, and I was like 'Nuh uh, she did NOT just go there, ******!' and then I wrote this song."
* Mirrorcle World: "don't know, don't care"
[edit] Music Videos (Promotional Videos)
Ayu has contributed ideas to many of her videos. She has commented on several of them.
* STEP you: "Okay, so I'm a schizo. What did you expect?"
* Voyage: "I know I'm crazy. Aren't we all a little crazy at heart? No? Are you sure? The samurai told me so..."
* Alterna: "It was not a blue screen. I do have gears!"
* Bold & Delicious: "My father are from New York, he's real bold...damn, I shouldn't have told you that ><"
* PRIDE: "Everyone wore garbage bags in New York..."
* 1 LOVE: "In my spare time, I enjoy singing, dancing with friends, and human trafficking."
* JEWEL: "Jealous of my bling-bling? I make more money than you. Now go get a life."
* Momentum: "Sure momentum sounds like M and looks like no way to say, but it's only an illusion. I am much deeper than you take me for. Seriously."
* RAINBOW: I am in love with that other Ayu. And it's not because she looks like me. It's because she's better than me. I know! It should be impossible...I am a goddess, after all."
* Born to Be...: "Originally we had planned a bunch of close ups of Ayu, but I had some blemishes...so we just added those lights. You'd never have known if I hadn't told you."
* Ladies Night: "I'm Hitler's super great-granddaughter, so of course I had to have an army."
* Startin' : "Britney Spears was my role model."
* Moments: "Why the **** are these kids in my home? GTFO."
* Free & Easy: "RAWR GRAPES!"
* Real me: "What? A dancing cyborg factory totally seemed like a good idea at the time. My dancers sure as hell can't dance."
* Forgiveness: "Uhh... I think it's because I'm distracted way too eas--OOH A BUTTERFLY!"
* BLUE BIRD: "We based it on a crack party I had the night before. It was hot!"
* Is This LOVE?: "If only Koda Kumi had been there to explode too..."
* Because Of You: "I had originally planned on using porn star ***, but Max said it was too expensive so we had to settle for Otaku Jizz, it was gross.
* Mirrorcle World: "I was thinking of a rape scene in that phone cell, or a lesbic duo with that oversized red dress, but Max refused, so I just moved my ass around Paris and showed off a bit on that ****ty hotel scene ^-^"
* vogue/Far away/SEASONS: "I'm ****ing lazy."
* Days: "I want him BACK!"
* NEXT LEVEL: "Nothing overly American about it."
