Seungri quotes:

Daniel Craig is the new James Bond. I did a lot of research on him too but during the promotions, I focused mainly on Johnny Depp. There's a mysterious charm about him just by the way he looks, talks and moves.

American pop group N'SYNC's. I listened to it endlessly in my dad's car. This also made me wanna be a singer.

Chopsticks box! I didn't know before and put them on the table and my Japan friends scolded me.

Growing a moustache wouldn't really coordinate with the group dynamics.

I learned how to play hard to get (push and pull) from my teacher Kwon Jiyong.

I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea.

I made hyung frustrated when I was cheering behind him. Even though I don't know if I was hit hard but it didn't hurt. People then started saying that Big Bang wasn't getting along and that Seungri was being bullied by the members, things like that.

[I like] nothing that screams I'm a celebrity. I like simple styles.

An open mind is the secret in making friends.

Big Bang is the group I want to be with till I die. I want us to be five members. Forever.

Dark circles are my charisma though.

G-Dragon's music is like sushi. It's sophisticated and has different flavors. His music also changes depending on how much he cooks it.

I always look tired, but I'm not. I just look like I am.

I never thought about extending the promotions. Maybe I've matured but I feel that a shorter and more powerful promotion is better.

For example, when someone does something really, really good one time but has a little mishap later, people will still say, "Ah, that person is not like that. He's a good person. Don't you know what he did last time?" It will become like that. Once you have achieved perfection, the rest will be "free". After that, you can do whatever you want so in order to reach my 100 potential, I have to have a resilient attitude.

"GG BE." I expressed how a guy's love for his woman is dying out because he is tired of how she lies to him all the time. And the woman in the song is waiting for me to break up with her. You know how some people prefer to get dumped than do the dumping, right? I expressed all this, which could happen to anyone, in a Seungri-like way.

[Elbowing incident] was a joke but what I want to say now is that I'm a bit sad that everyone failed to see that.

All the songwriters that I worked with said they'd like to work with me again. Such things serve as much inspiration for me. I regard myself a melody maker so it made me happy to be recognized for my work.

Challenges aren't frightening, defeats aren't terrifying either. A principle that I now insist and persist on is the understanding that you can fulfill your dreams when you work hard and don't give up.

DBSK are a very idol group that everyone adores.

Don't believe in success. Rather than that, believe in the amount of your effort and passion.

During shows and interviews, I want to tell people exactly how I feel and I thought that if I am honest and straightforward, then people will accept my words for what it is, but that's not how it works. My way of thinking is too naïve.

Everyone's talking about insoles nowadays, saying that it's a male necessity. To tell you the truth, I always use it because for people like me that started dancing at a very young age, it's more stable for me if my heel is pushed back a little. I wear it because it can make me dance better. But of course, since I wear it, my legs look longer too...

Everything I do is more memorable and I understand music more than ever now. It's not a burden to me.

Fighting and arguing amongst brothers are normal. Living together can also cause disagreements. I don't think it will work if there's none.

For me, how the person with me feels is more important than how I feel. I like making people around me feel happy.

G-Dragonhe is very romantic. I'm his roommate so I see everything. He's seriously romantic. If he dates someone he makes a song for them. One time he asked me how the song was. And I said oh my god if this was released in Korea there'd be a huge deal and it would make so much money. But" since it's for the woman he loves it's only for her and gives up that money/fame from that song.

I don't like to collect music. I don't want it if only I liked it.

I have lots of desires - good body, nice skin, cute, beautiful, knows how to cook, concentrates on her work, a girl that's worth the respect.

I like being cheerful. Isn't it nice to be able to have fun and laugh while doing interviews?

I put in the sounds of instruments such as the guitar and piano, which everybody hears often, and tried to go with melodies that would sound familiar. Rather than trying to do music that I want to do, I focused on doing music that I want my fans to hear.

I shopped with G-Dragon a long time ago but now that we live together, I can't buy clothes with him.

I still want to be the cute maknae of the group so rather than growing out my moustache and saying that I've matured and that "I'm a man", I would rather show people how I've grown up little by little through my personality.

I thought I could get everyone's attention by coming up with something that's provocative.

I told myself I'd do well by using the experience I gained during my seven years as Big Bang. In my mind, the executive producer is the person that is in charge of everything up to the point that the album comes out. So not just the music but also the music video, album artwork, photographs, and even the material the album itself would be made out of.

I tried singing in a deeper voice by lowering my voice that used to be more delicate.

I used to be very ambitious. But reality taught me that ambition won't get you everything you want. You need more than just passion and hope. It's important to do what I'm good at and suits me.

I wanna try being a waiter at restaurant or work to introduce Korea to other people!

I wanna work harder & let myself bear the wound. even though it hurt a lot but the meaning is I can use this to help me grow up.

I want to be able to fill in all the voids. I want people to say, "Ah Seungri will do whatever he can." I want to become this type of person: "Once Seungri has said it, he will go ahead and change/do it."

I want to hear people say, "Oh, he's matured. He's a grown up now".

I want to make music that lots of people will love.

I want to show people my appeal through my simplicity rather than being 'I'm good looking; I know how to dress' that kind of way.

I wanted the song to contain various meanings, and what I wanted in particular was to appeal to the audience with my charms as a man.

I wanted to deliver the emotions a man feels when he's in love. For example, through song "GG BE," I wanted to the express the feelings of being deceived by a woman (the song also contains the woman's counterargument).

I wanted to do things that had never been seen before so a lot of research went into it. Oh, even though I like Justin, but during Strong Baby I did more research on Craig David Daniel Craig for reference.

I wanted to emphasize the fact that I'd matured. I wanted to break away from the image of being the youngest member of Big Bang, as well as the image I gave off on variety shows.

I wanted to show that 'I'm sexy'. I wanted to do things that other male solo artists hadn't done before, such as choreography that has a tempting allure.

I was an actor in Japan and I'm a regular on about three shows. I'm grateful for all of it. My personal activities like that help Big Bang as a whole as well.

I watched and learned about music as a member of Big Bang. Of course it's important to show my charms as an artist by showing my abilities but that's what our solo activities are for.

I'd like to become better at writing music by continuing to study it.

I'd like to do music in the same way - in a witty way. People think of YG artists as rarely appearing on TV but I'd like to make Big Bang fans happy through various mediums.

If a person hides the truth or says something fake on variety shows or interviews, it will still be found out no matter how careful they are.

If I can let people see a Seungri without any faults for once, then everything I do after that will be a perfect Seungri.

If I had more time, I could've utilized the stage more and turned it into my own but since I used all my energy writing and producing songs, my mind was blank when it came to my performances. That's what I regret the most.

If I'm more distinct or if I stand out in front of the hyungs then it's not balanced. I've tried that a few times before but it's not coordinated well.

If people tell me that i can't do something, i will want to do it.

If the majority of people said I did something wrong, then I must be wrong, and I will think 'I didn't even mean it like that, why are you treating me like this?' But if a lot of people say that I'm wrong and it's not good, then it must be not good. I will say, 'Okay' and then tell myself that this cannot happen again. I have to grasp it and change it for the better.

I'm a human. When I got hit in front of people of course I was angry so that's why my expression was like that.

I'm a professional at [drinking], so that's why I've never had scandals before.

I'm not the type of person to act one way in front of the camera and another when it's off. What you see is what you get.

I'm not the type that won't drink but I will drink once in awhile.

I'm the maknae. All my clothes are picked by my stylist because I don't have an eye for fashion.

I'm the only member of the team that seeks to do pop music. I want to do music that anyone can like and enjoy.

I'm the type to tell stories while letting myself go.

It doesn't matter as long as you're there to enjoy the atmosphere. How else am I an entertainer?

It won't suit me anyway if I suddenly do rock or traditional R&B because I grew up as a member of Big Bang, and therefore I'm used to it.

It would be nice if at least 1/3 of the people in Korea think that I'm modest.

It's good to listen to electronic music when you're stressed out because you will feel a release afterwards.

It's such a hard and scary position to be in...G-Dragon hyung is under so much pressure and there's a lot of hard work involved.

I've bought DBSK's CD and every time I listen to their songs I feel very good.

Japanese movie "Be With You" served as inspiration for "Love Box." I couldn't fill up the album with just my experiences.

Jiyong hyung's mind can go wild and think a lot of things. This was my first time writing my own lyrics so I only thought about myself, but Jiyong hyung won't do that. He'll think, 'Ah, this type of rap suits T.O.P., this part suits Seungri.' That's how he writes lyrics, but I can't do that yet.

Lots of people will contact me on Friday night, male and female. Everyone likes me because it's always a fun time being with me. I'm the life of the party, really. It doesn't matter the situation because I'll always bring the mood up.

Nobody in Big Bang receives vocal lessons anymore. We're impossible to teach because we already have very distinctive colors.

Nobody says anything to me now when it comes to Japanese. They actually ask me things. I now have power!

Once made a mistake, it won't happen again.

Our styles [with G-Dragon] are too different. I like simplicity so it's.....too different.

Reality is that even if you come out with a really good song, all will go to waste without good promotion.

Sometimes when I go out and drink with my friends, they will say, "Seungri, don't be discouraged. I like Seungri. Why do you walk with your head down? Have more confidence, lift your head and walk." I guess friends understand each other.

Stretching exercises in the morning for face & body or my body feels heavy and I can't do anything else.

Taeyang's [music] is like hamburgers. He'll produces various flavors while staying within the boundaries of them being hamburgers such as a chicken burger and shrimp burger.

That's still a mystery but people think that Seungri has a lot of stories, is interesting and special.

The eyes, hands and body movements are important to make the dance sexier.

The members of my group are the ones who know me the best. They've watched me grow the most, so only my hyungs can see the things that other people can't. It may not just be 1 thing, but 10 other things.

To be honest, if I wanted to, I could talk all night about my members too but I won't do that.

We made our debut in Japan about few years ago and when we went on a morning show there to promote our album, I did a brief interview in Japanese using simple expressions such as "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." But one of the members of our group said, "Stay quiet if you can't speak Japanese! It's embarrassing!" So that's when I told myself that I'd show how good I am by studying Japanese hard.

When asked, "What do you think love is?" a lot of people speak of things that are painful or lingering. I wanted to talk about various sides to love. Things such as the excitement, happiness, parting, pain, regret regarding love.

When I do something wrong, members will think it's because I'm the maknae and things will be ok.

When I enter a club and hear my song being played, I feel like it's not really my song and when I see people dancing to my song, I feel like jumping up on stage and treating them to drinks.

Women like this kind of rebel image in men because there's a thrill in it, especially for those who are tired and burdened with their lives.

You can write that it's because I still like Justin. Sexy back means sexiness. Did Strong Baby give off the same sexy feeling as my song now? I write it according to the feeling I get.

You could say that too much time has passed for us to take up new styles so it's entirely up to us to improve. I personally wanted to produce a voice that's different from when I did "V.V.I.P" so I put a lot of effort into finding my voice.