Words by Jjong - A memorial blog

“I wrote the song ‘Fireplace’ I wanted to let Lee Hi listen to it but I let Tablo first listen to it and when he did he said ‘I like this kind of song but..’ and that's always how I know that the song doesn't really appeal to the other party”

“Everyone, admit what you have to admit I was a Taemin mum since trainee No matter how quick you were, you guys are all at least 3 years behind me. The first Taemin mum is me.”

“I actually like raccoons more than foxes. But (for the lyrics), ‘someone like a raccoon’, it doesn’t work ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so I used fox.”

“You don’t have to make someone else judge the satisfaction of your life.”

“In SHINee, our member Onew, he usually listens to Coffee Boy. And he has a voice that is soft and gentle too.”

“I think photos are an amazing thing.”

“People think of Taemin as fragile, feminine, stuff like that. He debuted at a young age... But honestly, he is very manly.”

“The important thing is, while the remaining days of our lives seem to stretch out to no end, you need something that can always soothe your emotions. Whether my days are happy or sad, I don’t single them out.”

“With a complex heart, a calmly made relationship. With a quiet heart, a noisily made relationship. Isn’t it good? To have someone like that. Someone like each other.”

“There are times when what you see isn’t everything, especially the feelings between two people. What you see may not be true and you can’t differentiate what is real and what is not.”

“There are things you forget when you’re busy… things that you neglect unintentionally.”

“When I like someone… usually it’s a love at first sight sort of thing, even though I haven’t experienced it that many times. I think it’s interesting to carry that feeling. It feels like I’m being tickled and that I’m (floating) up in the air.”

“There seems to be a lot of people like these days… (people) who don’t consider others’ feelings before they express their negative opinions.”

“There's another thing other than the body's wounds that you can see with your own eyes: it's the heart's wounds.”

“Don’t be uneasy; put down your worries and fears today and sleep well and let’s wake up refreshed. Pat pat. You’ve worked hard for a long time, really.”

“Actually, I wonder… am I lonely because I don’t have a partner or lonely because I’m a human? I’ve thought about that quite a lot, but I still don’t have an answer (for the question).”

“The belief behind why I got the tattoos was: let’s write down what I’ve done. The thoughts I’ve had while living.”