Jihae Quotes

Speaking and singing were equally common in my house. I started songwriting about the time that I started forming sentences.

Before I could talk, I would try to sing.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

I was singing before I could talk.

As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones to sing and I have it on tape, too.

I think it keeps your brain moving faster, singing in another language.

I learned by watching my favorite shows. I would just rewind and say the words back, until they sounded right to me. I never studied the American accent, in terms of getting a teacher or taking phonetics classes. I've always been a good mimic. It really wasn't that hard for me.

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.

Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.

I've been singing since I could talk correctly.

I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson.

I listen to people talking sometimes, that great river that is language, with all its undercurrents of grammar and nuance, and I wonder how we all learn so quickly to speak it, given that we begin when we are barely old enough to stand upright. I have no memory of finding it hard. Indeed, I have no memory of it at all.

I sing in key, thank you very much.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.

I started singing when I started talking.

Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.

I grew up speaking Korean, but my dad spoke English very well. I learned a lot of how to speak English by watching television.

I have been singing since childhood and, over the years, sang songs from different languages from India and across the globe.