Psy Quotes

Psy

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 31, 1977

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

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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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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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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'm not that good looking.

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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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My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. His songwriting skills, I cannot even approach, but his showmanship, I learned it from videos.

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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'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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Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist.

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

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

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I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.

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

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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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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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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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