It's no surprise that she sees herself still making music in 20 years. It's clearly her forte and she is really enjoying her job from what she says in interviews. Although all her answers were quite vague (not sure if it was the editing or just because she was answering in circles), the English answers were that way because she expresses herself better in Japanese. Possibly, her English answers were rehearsed because the questions she answered in English were pretty general, expected questions that I would think the international community would ask.

I think it's interesting that she really does have an idol's perspective of her job. She realizes that people see her as a star and she will respond a certain way to keep that image up. It really is like she doesn't have any breaks from her work unless she's in a country where she is less exposed in media. It must really be tiring to be "the singer Ayumi Hamasaki" as opposed to "the private Ayu" for most of her time. She has a great work ethic and I'm excited to see her branching out into the rest of Asia for tours.