We always focus on the quality of music because as long as the content is good, then the interest will be there. G-Dragon Content • Focus • Good • Interest • Long • Music • Quality • Will
As a rapper, I was heavily influenced by American rap albums. But for songs that are more melody-driven, I get my inspiration from Korean albums. G-Dragon Albums • American • Inspiration • Melodydriven • More • Rap • Rapper • Songs
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. G-Dragon Arts • Beautiful • Dance • Doing • Female Students • High • Performing • Postures • School • Student
European style is classic, with its own color, and to me, it always feels chic. G-Dragon Always • Chic • Classic • Color • European Style • Me • Own • Style
When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel. G-Dragon Chanel • Clothes • Feel • Just • Like • Wear • Wearing
I will keep – try – to be, like, on a new level every day. G-Dragon Day • Every Day • Level • Level Every • New • Try • Will
The sights you can find here in Paris are second to none. G-Dragon Find • Here • Paris • Second • Sights • You
Kwon Ji Yong is searching for the comfort and reliable people that G-Dragon doesn't have offstage. G-Dragon Comfort • GDragon • Kwon Ji Yong • Offstage • People • Reliable • Searching
Americans might not understand, but within Korea, Big Bang was one of the first artists to make their own production. We have our own interpretation of our own songs. We do our own thing. G-Dragon Americans • Artists • Bang • Big • First • Interpretation • Korea • Own • Production • Songs • Thing • Understand
I have a very small physique, so it's a little hard to find suits that really fit me well. I have to wear sizes that are really skinny. G-Dragon Find • Hard • Little • Me • Sizes • Skinny • Small • Small Physique • Suits
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. G-Dragon Album • Albums • Body • Daily • Ghetto • Ghetto Fabolous • Like • Lived • Songs • Specific • Work
I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean – not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't know what they were saying, so I would just write everything down as I heard it. I would recite it and imitate it like that. That's how I started to write my own raps. G-Dragon Down • Each Word • Everything • Know • Lyrics • My Own • Own • Phonetically • Raps • Saying • Writing
We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our music. G-Dragon Call • Just • Kpop • Music • Music Kpop • Never • Obviously • Our • Thought
Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster – in music, in fashion, in art, too. G-Dragon Art • Fashion • Faster • Me • Music • People • Want
I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted. G-Dragon Famous • First • First Thing • Mean • Music • Trying
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. G-Dragon Ambitions • Choreographed Dance • Commercial • Dance • Dancing • Did • Follow • Just • Korea • Music • Pursuing • Rapping • Regular • Routines
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. G-Dragon Access Rap Music • Hiphop Collective • Korea • Mom • Music • People • Place • Real Place • School • Summer School Program • Taught • Time
When I perform as a solo, I think a lot about what I always wanted to do but have not done yet. G-Dragon Always • Done • Lot • Solo • Think • Wanted
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. G-Dragon Choose • Composers • Confident • Music • Musician • Myself • Song
We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them. G-Dragon Likes • Music • Our • Own • Public • Songs • Well
It would be ridiculous for anyone to consider me the face of Korean art. G-Dragon Anyone • Art • Face • Korean • Me • Ridiculous • Would
When I was young and didn't know any English, I was drawn by the energy and power of foreign songs and their melodies. G-Dragon Any • Drawn • Energy • English • Foreign • Know • Power • Young
I want to do something that can support all the people in Korea and the world who see us and are inspired to do their own thing. G-Dragon Own • People • See • Something • Support • Us • Want • World
Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too. G-Dragon Depends • Enjoy • Follow • Luck • Much • Musical • Success • Willing • You
I want to have daughter, and if I do, I want to make sure she learns ballet. G-Dragon Ballet • Daughter • Make • She • Sure • Want
G-Dragon is a fancy person. People don't expect the upright image of G-Dragon. Kwon Ji Yong is an introvert and has lots of things going on in his head. G-Dragon Expect • Fancy • GDragon • Head • Introvert • Ji • Kwon • Lots • People • Person • Things • Upright Image • Yong
I would only create clothes myself if I felt I could do something really different – create a new style subculture for my generation – and that is very ambitious. G-Dragon Clothes • Different • Felt • Generation • Myself • New • Something • Style • Style Subculture
Interestingly, when I look at pictures of me when I was five or six years old, I think I look pretty stylish. G-Dragon Interestingly • Look • Me • Old • Pictures • Six Years • Stylish • Think
I always think today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than today. G-Dragon Always • Better • Think • Today • Tomorrow • Yesterday
I think the confidence that I have right now is something that was created by the fans who love me. G-Dragon Confidence • Fans • Love • Love Me • Me • Something • Think
Whatever I like, even after a long time, I still like it. And I reminisce about the moment when I first heard it. That's what I love. Just remembering those moments. G-Dragon First • Long • Love • Moment • Moments • Time • Whatever
In order to keep my creativity alive, I just try to enjoy life to the fullest. G-Dragon Creativity • Enjoy • Enjoy Life • Fullest • Life • Order • Try
It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you put on: if you're a stylish individual, you're going to preserve that. G-Dragon Clothes • Individual • Kind • Stylish • You
Just like anyone else, I want privacy at times, but I understand that I am a celebrity. G-Dragon Anyone • Celebrity • I Am • Like • Privacy • Times • Understand • Want
I want to continuously instigate, whatever it may be. G-Dragon Continuously • Instigate • May • Want • Whatever
It would be better to be recognized first for music, but people go with what they like. If I'm here because I'm recognized more so as a style icon, then, if I'm smart enough, I will use this opportunity to share more insight about my music. G-Dragon Better • Enough • Icon • Music • Opportunity • People • Recognized • Recognized First • Smart • Style
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.' G-Dragon Future • Graduation • High School • Korea • School • Singer • Sure
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. G-Dragon Different Albums • Find • Friend • Hard • Harder • Homegrown • Look • Me • Music • PreInternet • Th Chambers • Videos
I was about nine years old when I first heard Wu-Tang's 'C.R.E.A.M.' Before that, I didn't know anything about rap or hip-hop. I was just into Korean pop. G-Dragon Anything • First • Hip-Hop • Know • Nine Years • Old • Rap • Years
I have to say I really was surprised on my first world tour. It was amazing to see what we've always dreamed of, right before our eyes. G-Dragon Amazing • Eyes • First World • Right • Say • See • World
I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere. G-Dragon Come • Everywhere • Inspirations • Know • Must • Now
The most important thing is knowing what you are good at. G-Dragon Good • Important • Important Thing • Knowing • Most • You
When you have a girlfriend, there are many things that are irritating every day, every night. I'm sure it's different for everyone, but when you fight, it gets really annoying. G-Dragon Day • Different • Every Day • Everyone • Fight • Girlfriend • Many Things • Night • Sure • You
Don't be afraid. There is no right answer in fashion. G-Dragon Afraid • Answer • Fashion • Right • Right Answer
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. G-Dragon I Am • Loneliness • Luxurious Star • Me • People • Psychological • Represented • See • World
I am usually positive and optimistic. If I get stressed or some results are not so good, I let it go by thinking, 'Oh well, it can be better next time.' I don't worry a lot, and I'm not too serious about anything. G-Dragon Go • Good • I Am • Optimistic • Positive • Thinking • Time