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" Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of drums. "
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" That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But if someone like me uses it, it's funny. "
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" My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people. "
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" The world's most famous and popular language is music. "
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" The fact that I'm shouting that I have Gangnam style makes people crack up. Imagine if Brad Pitt was singing the song - would it be funny? A twist is important when it comes to writing lyrics. "
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" I've got to wear sunglasses everywhere, all the time, even if its indoors or at night time, to be recognized. That's part of my job. I cannot take off my sunglasses. For me, staying in the United States was so dark because I can't take them off. "
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" Everything moves way too fast. "
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" I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me. "
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" If a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her. "
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" The basic principle I have is that what is most Korean is what is the most international. I don't want to come here and act like I'm an American. I want to showcase the dynamic potential Korea has, and I want to prove that as an artist. "
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" I will bring more Korean dance moves and Korean songs overseas. "
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" In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't. "
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Witty
Writing
Work
" Unexpectedly, I'm here now, so I need to let all the U.S. marketers know that Asians are not different. We are all the same. "
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" As an artist, the more experience, the better the creation. I'm a very positive person. "
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" I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all. "
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Video
" To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But in Korea I'm doing one of the biggest concerts; it's not a dance music concert. I'm playing with the band, so I change my every song to a rock song. "
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World
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" Gangnam is a territory in Seoul, Korea. I describe it as noble at the daytime and going crazy at the night time. I compare ladies to the territory. So - noble at the daytime, going crazy at the night time - and the lyric says I am the right guy for the lady who is like that. "
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" There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can say that Korean artists are really dynamic artists, so I am going to show that from now on. "
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" We are just at the studio, me and my choreographers, we are spending like 30 nights and we are thinking, what is my next dance move? Because in Korea there are huge expectations about my dancing. So it was a lot of pressure. "
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" It's tiring to be asked the same questions all day long: 'What is Gangnam style?' and 'Teach me how to dance.' "
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" Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube. "
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" I'm not that good looking. "
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" All the people in Korea are cheering me like I'm a gold medalist or something, so I have a responsibility to my country. "
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" My original name is Jae-Sang Park, so it's totally different. "
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" I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna. "
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" In Korea, it's a tradition to inherit your father's business. Unfortunately, I'm the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much. "
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" I'm not that good looking. That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But if someone like me uses it, it's funny. "
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" When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision. "
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" Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist. "
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" I lived in the States from 1996 till 2000. I attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1997. But I wasn't the most hard-working student. I rarely went to school. At that time, I seriously doubted that you could learn creativity in school. Music isn't something you can just learn from other people. Sometimes I regret missing classes. "
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