Quotes from Tiffany Hwang

I find love is the most vital part of life, of my art.

Personally, I'm a big fan of Ryan Tedder. He has amazing music.

None of Girls' Generation would be possible without the fans.

It was not easy, but I think Girls' Generation members showed each other a lot of sacrifice, dedication, and responsibility.

Coming back to America to pursue music is a dream.

I'd like to pursue music back home because I still tend to express myself better through my mother language - English - and it's something I've been dreaming about and would like to achieve.

Shooting the music video for 'Party' on Thailand's Ko Samui Island was such a blast.

I'm just thankful that we were able to reach out to so many different fans that didn't know what our music was.

I don't know when, but I do want to get married and have kids.

Visually, I find that 'Gee' and 'Genie' from the 2009 era is what made Girls' Generation such an iconic image.

I think it's exciting that fans can immediately pick up on what my music is about and what I'm leaning towards: that they get to actually feel it.

I'm kind of glad that, over the years, K-pop has really been going into a much more global audience. Especially since I really am leaning towards pursuing the American music market.

I love Kanye.

American culture is so open compared to Korean culture, which is really conservative.

The best thing about a platform like YouTube is that it helps musicians all around the world to reach such a vast audience.

YouTube is mine and your best friend.

Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You can't top the first album.'

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new sound and what your new message will be.

If we have good opportunities to perform in the U.S., Europe, or South America, we are more than glad to go and perform there.

I grew up listening to such strong female solo artists. I love Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears.

I look up to the Spice Girls. I love the fact they're still close; they went after what they wanted but still support each other.

I think that there are a lot of songs that are my favorite, but in terms of personal style, I still look back on the unit TTS.

TTS was the unit that I was directly involved with the productions, and I'm still really, really proud of what we had put together, not just visually but musically at that time and age.

I think I wanted my solo debut to be very unpredictable.