Jihae Quotes

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

My first album was very eclectic and very soft as a vocal expression.

The overall concept of ‘Only You’ is a reflection on the illusion of love, how we confront, understand and manifest our self identities within relationships.

Music is my first love, and it’s not something I’ll ever stop.

I make sure I’m always hydrated and take Vitamin C and sunscreen if I stay out in the sun.

Plane food is terrible.

In my music career, I never was interested in working and writing and creating songs based on what kind of rewards I could receive in return – a hit song, per se, is what most contemporary artists have to deal with when they deal with a label.

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

I am a space geek now.

If we learn that we’re actually the same, then we can be a grander picture and not be so hateful to each other.

My musical influences growing up were limited to Korean folk songs and hymns as I went to a Christian boarding school where I was not allowed to listen to secular music.

I felt like when you‘re an actor, you don’t get to fully creatively express yourself – most of the time, it’s not your own writing or direction.

I think when I was 16, I thought I was going to go to law school. And then, once I got into college, I decided I don’t like to read that much or to study that much.

Being the one-woman label that I am takes a toll on you; you have to do everything.

I like marrying the concept of music with new media art forms.

I learned to sing as I was learning to talk.

Being healthy makes me feel beautiful.

I had to do a lot of studying ‘cause I had to learn new languages all the time. So it was a little bit painful watching other kids play outside, and I’m stuck at home learning something.

I do a combination of running and kung fu on a regular basis.

When you travel to a new country, your spirit has to catch up with you. I love going for a run when I land; it keeps me active and helps my body adjust to the new time zone.

Many find ourselves in this strange consumerist entertainment bubble where celebrities have become the golden cows of our time that we love to worship and destroy.

We buy into all kinds of lies that are sold to us from advertising to Fox news or from the Vatican to Goldman Sachs.

I’ve always been interested in social psychology and why certain groups of people do things while others don’t.

There’s so many different types of illusions; our lives are an illusion in a sense.

I think if Elon Musk asked me to go to Mars as a musician, to sing for people, I think I might just do that. A return ticket would be a nice incentive, though.