-I always wanted to say this but you always sing different lyrics from the cd.
k: yeah, every time
-You change the melody too. Do you have a stock of these and then just pick out one of them?
k:No, no! I just improvise on the spot. So even if you did hear what I'm saying, some parts may not make sense at all. But then I just let out my emotions and what I'm thinking straight out so some of them might make sense but most of them probably don't.
-I just thought that was very mysterious and wondered if you thought of them off the top of your head.
k: like i said before, when you get pissed off you get pissed off right?and sad when you're sad? same thing
-are there times where you can't think of anything?
k:No. I'm always sad and I'm always pissed, so, no. I'm never satisfied. If I'm satisfied I would probably only get happy lyrics...yeah.
-that would have a lot of opposition to the band, right?
k: Yeah. If this band always had a happy concept, I wouldn't be here. There aren't any happy moods to begin with in this band, we're always sad. If there comes a day when we think we should try a happy,bright fun image in dir en grey that's the day I'll quit! I will quit!!!
- That's pretty extreme
k: I know. Even if we only get 20 or 30 people in a small gig, we would never do it. If we do I'll quit. That's common sense.
-That would mean you wouldnt be able to express what you want right?
k: No, not that. Is there a meaning in doing something you dont want to do? In music, there's not, right?
-You have written all the lyrics but what if you had to sing lyrics that another member wrote?
k: I wouldnt sing it.
-What kind of lyrics do you think other members would right?
k: I dont know. I dont care about other peoples lyrics. I don't read lyrics or poems by other artists at all. Maybe I was reading lyrics by artists I liked until i was 18 but...
Well, I've said I hate how i was before "MACABRE". After the release of "MACABRE" I've never read lyrics from another artist!
-I see, so that's where its coming from.
k:That's why I dont care. Even if i read others peoples lyrics my reaction is "so?". I find that theres no connection. im pretty excessive, huh?
-So that explains the K
yo before and after "MACABRE"...
k:yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah.
I used to look at other artists, and if I liked them, I tried to absorb the techniques they used. I hate that. I hate how I thought of things back then.
-so after "macabre" until now, the lyrics that came from you...or i should say all your "expressions" aren't influenced by other people but directly from you.
k:yes, exactly
-so the artist you recommended earlier has nothing to do with lyrics?
k:yeah, I dont read lyrics and I dont care how the melody is. From artists...I see if I feel something from them or not. No matter how beautiful the melody is, its just "a beautiful melody". To me it only looks like "a pretty flower".
-I see.
k: And I dont care about that. Easy right? It's easy to understand but hard at the same time, I think.
-Is there a wall that you just cant get over?
k:No...are there? No, probably not. at least I dont think there is. I dont know what other people think but...
-Is there a difference in the Kyo in DEG and the Kyo in normal life?
k:no
- You're always you huh?(laughs)
k: I am aren't I? You can tell right? People tell me I'm different on stage but I'm the same...really.
-There a probably a lot of people wanting to become a vocalist out there but can you give advice to them?
k:"be random"
-A secret to long success...?
k: yeah, "be random"
-Do you have things you try not to do in front of people?
k:(gives thought to it for a while) No...and I think this is normal but never judge by looks and age. Talk to people normally,older or younger in the beginning. Even if they're younger, if I can see that they try hard in their lives and I can respect them as a preson I would talk to them normally and if I think they aren't I wouldn't talk to them, not even get close to them.
-There are a lot of people that are working hard right now, but are there any people that you think is trying hard?
k: I dont have that many people I know, at work there's a couple of people I think are trying hard(laughs). A "couple"! ok? At this workplace.
-wow...
k:wirte that down ok?
-...!?thats harsh.
-DEG was a guest for a couple LINKIN PARK show but has that expierience effected you in some way?
k: ..."damned japanese". (he means the people who just came to see LINKIN PARK)including the PA!(is PA like the sound system?)
-I'll write that if I can.
k:no, write it. theres nothing wrong with that.
-It went on for 2 days but the 2nd day...
k:They're "damned japanese" but I'm proud of our fans who came to see us...how should i say this...who came to have fun, without worrying about the people around them. I think thats great. I respect them for that.
That's why that day I sang especially for, of course for me, but for the people who came to see DEG.
-so it was for the people who understand DEG just like your doing this interview for the fans.
k:yeah.that's all I see.
-but we heard positive comments towards DEGs stage
k:hmm...if the PAs were better there would have been better reactions.(laughs bitterly)
-(laughs bitterly)i heard TOMMY was also mad.
k:yeah, of course!
-DEG has a concept of "pain" but what is the easiest way to express that?
k:huh? Isn't it what we do now?
-Concerts.
k:Concerts. What else can we do?
-in this tour you haven't scratched yourself as much.
k:yeah I havent.
-but in SHINKIBA...(gig in tokyo)
k:3rd day, yeah.
-is there a difference in your emotions when you do it and when you dont?
k:just when i feel like it.
-what's the feeling you have when you start scratching yourself?
k:awful
-Is it a feeling where you just want to destroy?
k:no, when I realize im already bleeding
-just, all of a sudden?
k:yeah. when i realize i just...have a pin and im on the box