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 learned to sing as I was learning to talk.

It's so astounding the amount of sacrifice the astronauts have to go through to do what they do and all the science involved in space exploration.

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.