I want to continuously instigate, whatever it may be.

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

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

Just like anyone else, I want privacy at times, but I understand that I am a celebrity.

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

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

I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted.

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.

I just listened to regular commercial music from Korea. I would just follow the choreographed dance routines. I didn't have any ambitions of pursuing rapping. I liked dancing, so I did that.

There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap.