Quotes by Tablo

About Tablo:

Daniel Armand Lee is a Korean-Canadian rapper, record producer, songwriter, author, and entrepreneur active in South Korea. Tablo is best known as the leader and producer of veteran Korean hip-hop group Epik High, and the founder and CEO of independent music label HIGHGRND (High Ground), which houses band Hyukoh.
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The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.

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I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician.

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There's a lot of American people who like K-Pop for some reason. I don't know why, you know? But they like it even if they can't understand it because it has that style, that appeal.

Tablo

I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn't happen.

Tablo

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.

Tablo

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

Tablo

When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.

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What is nothing to you, can be love to me

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The musician and the listener. If this is love between two strangers watching each other from afar, that rough, burning moment when you rush in and kiss is the show.

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Happiness is very simple and minimal.

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If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.

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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.

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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

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Author Bio

  • NameTablo
  • DescriptionKorean-Canadian rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Leader, rapper, and producer for Epik High.
  • AliasesLee Seon-woong
  • BornJuly 22, 1980
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionSinger; Composer; Poet