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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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" If I say, 'Hey, I'm Psy.' 'Psy?' 'The guy from the video on YouTube?' 'Oh.' I hate that. I've got to be more popular than the video. So I need to keep promoting myself. "

Psy

Need

Myself

" My original name is Jae-Sang Park, so it's totally different. "

" Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of drums. "

" 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. "

" If a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her. "

" I really like the P!nk song with the guy from fun., 'Just Give Me a Reason.' "

Psy

Fun

Just

" It's tiring to be asked the same questions all day long: 'What is Gangnam style?' and 'Teach me how to dance.' "

" 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. "

Psy

Thinking

Expectations

" I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world. "

" 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. "

" I will bring more Korean dance moves and Korean songs overseas. "

" I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all. "

" I was not familiar with the Internet thing. Honestly, you know with all kinds of Internet media, I was not that familiar. I was not that kind of guy. Accidentally, 'Gangnam Style' happened, and you have YouTube and all other sorts of stuff like Facebook and Twitter and so on. So after that, I learned and learned. "

" My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. "

" I try to dress classy and dance cheesy. "

" As an artist, the more experience, the better the creation. I'm a very positive person. "

" 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. "

" Everything moves way too fast. "

" 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. "

Psy

Job

Dark

" 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. "

" 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. "

Psy

Funny

Good

" 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. "

" I'm not that good looking. "

" My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people. "

" While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. "

" 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. "

Psy

Someone

Handsome

" The world's most famous and popular language is music. "

" I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna. "

Psy

Concerts

Goal

" I never expect I would become a K-pop star. "

" 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. "