Jihae

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

I've learned a lot from Dave Stewart; he's a serial collaborator. He's co-written songs with more people than anybody I know - like the most incredible people too.

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

We live in a world where over 160 million people are displaced because of climate change or war, and they have no rights and no protection, and not enough countries or people around the world are helping them.

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.

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

When you make an album, you have a team of musicians you work with; when you're a director and you're creating a motion picture, it's a much bigger animal.

Being healthy makes me feel beautiful.

I am a space geek now.

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.

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.

Plane food is terrible.

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.

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

I mean, I grew up in a very musical family.

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

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

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

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.

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.