What is Ayu saying in this interview? Being a Commodity??

[freedreamer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWD41...eature=related

I saw from the side of the panel and it says that, when A BEST was released by her company, Ayu realized she was used as a commodity and decided to fight against that.

Can someone translate exactly what she said here?
It feels very inspiring..

[PINKvanity]

its from that NTV interview, there are some subs for it around here.
ill see if i can find that part on my file and type out the subs that are on the screen for you.

[Bad Wolf]

Well a commodity means:
1. an article of trade or commerce, esp. a product as distinguished from a service.
2. something of use, advantage, or value

So I'm guessing that Ayu realized that certain parts of her 'product' image were being taken out of her control and I can see how she would balk against that.

[PINKvanity]

yeah the whole interview is really actually interesting to watch. so you might want to consider downloading it and watching all of it.


okay i found the part in my video and im just typing the subs from the screen as she talks. credit for subs: Delirium-Zero



Ayu: At the time, you know...
I was...
I was called "Hamasaki Ayumi" but...
I considered myself just a human being.

-Interviewer: Thought of yourself as a human?

I am myself, I'm called "Ayumi Hamasaki," but i'm just a person, a human, a girl first, as far as i'm concerned.
But still, that's not quite right, because i'm part of the company, too. i'm part of a larger organization called "avex," and...
In avex, i'm considered an "important product" and i knew that.
For me to deny that, that wouldn't work.

-Interviewer: Still, you have an influence. You're significant.

And i thought afterwards that i'd just stop.



Then it jumps to another clip of the interview later in the video.



Ayu: I knew that if i didn't stay with the company i'd never be able to come back to it.
I lived very thoroughly here, but thought, "I just want to live like a human."
I was significant to them, so i felt like "let's fight the man" i guess.
I wanted to resist the company even though i felt like i was part of it.


Thats all the subs from the youtube clip