When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures.

The most important thing is knowing what you are good at.

People may see me as a luxurious star, but I am always thinking I can be represented by my psychological world that is fraught with vanity, loneliness, and always feels inadequate.

I'm the type of person who commits to the fullest to whatever I'm doing.

'Storm' was the first song I did as a member of YG. The record gave me a lot of pressure. I didn't think I was prepared at the time.

We always focus on the quality of music because as long as the content is good, then the interest will be there.

I will keep - try - to be, like, on a new level every day.

I'm not sure if they do this in the States, but in Korea, until high school, on your graduation diploma there's a line that states your future goal. Kids write 'president' or 'astronaut,' or whatever. I always wrote 'singer.'

Whether it's music or fashion, the older I get, I realize what's comfortable lasts longer.

I occasionally rapped along to some homegrown Korean rap. And then a friend introduced me to Wu-Tang and played me 'Enter the 36th Chambers.' It was very shocking. And then I started to look for different albums. This was pre-Internet, so it's hard to find the music, and it was even harder to find music videos.

The sights you can find here in Paris are second to none.

It would be ridiculous for anyone to consider me the face of Korean art.

I am a songwriter and producer, and though you have to be personal in everything you do, you always having to look at things from another's perspective.

When I was young and didn't know any English, I was drawn by the energy and power of foreign songs and their melodies.

My mom is in charge of my earnings.

I want to have daughter, and if I do, I want to make sure she learns ballet.

When I perform as a solo, I think a lot about what I always wanted to do but have not done yet.

Don't be afraid. There is no right answer in fashion.

When I create a song, I immediately think about what I'm going to wear when I perform that song. I think about the music video treatment and about how I'm going to look on stage when I perform the record. The connection is so obvious that it's a single package. An outfit, to me, is almost a tool to express the music.

If you look at the brands that I like, there are brands I like because of the clothes; then, there are brands I like because of their attitude and mentality.

There are albums that I like because of specific songs, but then there are albums that I like as a complete body of work. 'Ghetto Fabolous' is an album I lived with daily.

As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make.

Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster - in music, in fashion, in art, too.

Before I was physically there in different countries to meet my fans in person, I didn't really realize how famous I was.

I just try to look good always.

I've come to realize ways of making music without being excessive.

When I don't look cool enough or when I cannot make good music anymore, I will retire.

I love listening to people talking about their love, and it always gives me great energy.

I think the confidence that I have right now is something that was created by the fans who love me.

Interestingly, when I look at pictures of me when I was five or six years old, I think I look pretty stylish.