Father once said to me, ‘as a man, we need to have loads of friends.’ In fact, even without his saying to me, I treasure my friends so much since I can learn so many things from them.
I have read the definition of ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ somewhere before:
F= Face (we have to be able to read the facial expressions of our friends) R= Recognization ( we need to recognize the importance of the friends in our life) I=Interaction E= Equality N= Need (we have to need each other mutually) D= Dependence (we have to be the one who the others can rely on us)
I think the definition is very true and it can be applied to my life, too. To me, my friends are the reason of my living. I am especially happy if I am with my old friend.
When I was writing the’thank you list’ of my solo album, I had written so many names to it. My fans said I really have a lot of friends. Hmmm, I think it is because I can befriend people very easily, there were so many friends that I had to thank. I would be very happy if I heard somebody said, ‘I am a friend of Kwon Ji Yong’!
However, besides having so many friends, Taeyang has a very special place in my life. When people were watching our debut documentary, they would picture that I and Taeyang were the competitors; however, it is not true, Taeyang has been a special friend for me ever since a very long time ago.
When I was harshly blaming my fellow members, Taeyang is always the one who consoled them afterwards with his very gentle heart. And when I am not able to perform my leader’s duties sometimes due to different reasons, he will be the one who carry out all of these duties. I am encouraged, stimulated and warmed by Taeyang every day, I want to walk along this path with him together until the very end since he always reminds me not to go astray when we are pursuing our music career.
If I had to choose 1 person to replace my position after I die, I would definately choose Taeyang, the friend whom I forever feel grateful to have.