Eric Nam

It's always good to dream big, right?

— Eric Nam

I'm a very blunt person.

— Eric Nam

Nobody looks good getting out of bed.

— Eric Nam

I love BTS, they're my friends.

— Eric Nam

I try to be honest with myself.

— Eric Nam

Yes, I speak English 'cause I'm American.

— Eric Nam

No matter what you do, you should enjoy it. You should really find passion in it.

— Eric Nam

I know people love Supreme. I never got on the wagon.

— Eric Nam

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

— Eric Nam

I've done commercials and won awards, but I know that this won't last forever.

— Eric Nam

In Korea, I'm not a K-pop artist, I'm just an artist.

— Eric Nam

I think K-pop bands rock, and their success raises my spirit to perform better on stage.

— Eric Nam

What works in the States doesn't easily translate to the Korean market.

— Eric Nam

Oftentimes you're breaking out because your face is lacking moisture or hydration.

— Eric Nam

So the first thing I do when I get out of bed, I will check my phone real quick because I live…

— Eric Nam

In the States I might be an Asian face, look different from everyone else in TV and in music, but in Korea…

— Eric Nam

I'm just looking for that one song that I know everybody's going to be like, 'Damn, that's a good song.'

— Eric Nam

It's so wild to be able to say that I can do shows in front of thousands of people and have them…

— Eric Nam

I look like a 'Sesame Street' character in real life when I wake up. But not like the cute ones, like kind…

— Eric Nam

Korean-Americans, Asian-Americans are so unbelievably underrepresented in the U.S. entertainment and media industries and I don't think we are given a real…

— Eric Nam

People around me tell me that I need a bigger persona and to act a little more A-listy because 'that's where you…

— Eric Nam

I would be criticized, like, 'You don't talk Korean enough. You sound very American. You sound very white in your music.' And…

— Eric Nam

Coming to Korea and becoming a singer, I always had two big goals personally. One was to be able to make it…

— Eric Nam

I had always wanted to pursue music. It was always a dream, but it was always a dream in the sense of,…

— Eric Nam

Traveling has been a really big part of my upbringing and I've been fortunate enough to travel for different reasons. I'd like…

— Eric Nam

When you first make money, you're just excited that you have it and just buy things on a whim. You don't really…

— Eric Nam

There was a point when dancing to music became cheesy after the boy band era of NSync and Backstreet Boys, but there…

— Eric Nam

I learned Spanish as my second language from middle school through high school. I grew up volunteering at homeless shelters and tutoring…

— Eric Nam

I don't know why I feel the need to try and do everything. But I kind of have this mentality that you…

— Eric Nam

The coolest thing for me now is when I'm in the States and I meet other Asian-Americans who are like, 'Dude, thank…

— Eric Nam

Whenever I write my music, it's always been in English first and then I take it into Korean.

— Eric Nam

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

— Eric Nam

On any collaboration, you want to respect your music and the other's music.

— Eric Nam

My actual goal when marrying in real life is to live like friends even after marriage.

— Eric Nam

Sunbae-hoobae seniority is a very tricky, weird kind of thing.

— Eric Nam

One of my first interviews was Robert Downey Jr. for 'Iron Man.'

— Eric Nam

It was a dream to be a singer/performer, but I never thought I had a chance or had a real shot; I…

— Eric Nam

You've just got to believe that people will see and appreciate the value in the music and the artistry that we bring…

— Eric Nam

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, which as you can imagine, was not the most diverse place to…

— Eric Nam

Living in Korea was a big adjustment because a coffee is going to be a little more pricey than what it is…

— Eric Nam