We can at least go backstage where it’s cool and get rest, but the fans have to stay and watch in the heat. It’s not me mom…it’s the fans who have it hard.

If you really love something, you have to know how to let go.

Never do things that you will regret later.

You have to smile. Smile like you're really excited.

When singing, you need performing skills and a bit of imagination. You have to treasure the emotions, and to not deviate from the colour of the song while pouring your heart into it.

I want to keep on doing 'Girls' Generation' forever. Please let me do so.

Actually when I'm depressed or feeling down, I seem to play quiet music and enjoy the time. So I listen to a lot of ballads and I try to enjoy the time with music.

Don't do something that you'll regret later.

Let's be best friends till the end

When I have the opportunity, I want to perform the guitar live for my fans. Please expect that!

All that we call sacred history attests that the birth of a poet is the principal event in chronology.

But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority.

From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.

As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to run for office. The limited reward for public service cannot blunt the cost.