Kim Jee-woon Quotes

We've really learned that music is something that people share all over the world.

I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier.

No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at all. Why should I? People are people. There's no reason why one person can't relate to any other person on this planet in some way or another.

In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

It makes you realise that people are the same wherever you go.

It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.

People used to say I'm regional, but I'm not... We all have the same human condition.

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

We're all confused and have problems and struggles.

Music transcends language. BTS communicates with our fans by staying true to ourselves and believing in music every day.

It's cool to be able to relate to people who aren't necessarily from the same way of life as me or don't even maybe know what I'm talking about in some of my songs. It's just cool that music has that ability to do that.

The thing I noticed most from challenging from country to country is not the differences but the similarities. Wrestling fans are all the same.

I felt like the Germans were being mean to me at training, but they were actually just trying to help. I learned really quick - which made me a better player. I'm appreciative of the way they treated me. It's just the language and, of course, as an American, I had to learn that. No offense to them; I love them to death, and I love my teammates.

Our offices across the globe may not be very similar in terms of the way they look, but they are very similar culturally.

We were worried at first that our music and message wouldn't get across because we were singing in Japanese. But as we continued doing world tours, we realized and felt that music surpasses such things as language barriers, countries and race.

Governments are different, and philosophies are different, but when it comes down to it, a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher. A butcher is a butcher is a butcher. We are people. And we are far more common than we ever imagine.

Eventually, we want to be able to say, whether in your own neighborhood or a city across the globe, our technology will be needed to break through barriers - whether it's money, time, languages, or simply choice.

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.