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Growing up, I listened to a lot of Queen and Lauryn Hill because of my dad. Those are songs that have messages. ”

I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing up. I love working and what I do. ”

I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm. I want to break that. ”

I don't actually like calling myself a rapper. I'm more a performer. ”

Our goal is just to put the best music out there possible. ”

My dad didn't like staying in one place, so we moved around every year - to a new house, new town, new country. ”

Back in Korea, I'm always in the studio with YG people. I'd be given a song, and I'd cut it. ”

We're into discovering ourselves as 2NE1. Since all four of us are different, we inspire and push each other. ”

2NE1 was special because we each had different characters and styles, for individual tastes. ”

Girls in Asia are very obedient, shy, timid, quiet, but I can tell that it's changing, and I want them to be stronger and tell them that it's OK to be different. ”