J.Y. Park recently had an interview with Billboard and shared how he was inspired all throughout his 25 years in the Kpop industry.

Here are some of the highlights of his insightful interview:

"That trust is everything," he adds. "Success is like having a bigger microphone. Even if you have a huge speaker that can amplify what you say, but your life doesn't back it up, they're not going to listen. No matter what type of beautiful message you say in that speaker, if they think your life doesn't back it up then you're just a hypocrite. The whole point of being successful becomes in vain. It has to be a clean, righteous, respected journey. Even if you become No. 1 in the world, your journey needs to be respected or they won't listen to your message."

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Park picks JYPE's recent partnership with Make-a-Wish Foundation -- and with a newly created joint project of "Every Dreams Matters!" or "EDM" -- as his highlight of 2019 and talks excitedly about the company's plans to expand the collaboration. In addition to a percentage of JYPE profits going into the program, a new credit card will soon be introduced for fans to have a percentage of their spending go towards granting the dreams of kids facing critical illnesses. Park sees this type of company initiative speaking not just for the business, but for its young artists too.

"Kids who get their wish come true, the ratio of possibility of their chance to be cured goes up dramatically," Park adds. "[Something like this] can also help all of the mental problems that all these young celebrities and entertainers go through, you know? American, Korean entertainers when they achieve fame, money and stardom when they're young and they just lose focus and meaning of their life. Having them be part of these programs that are helping unfortunate people, that's when they can find a true goal of life instead of 'I want to be a star' or 'I want to be No. 1.' That can never be a true dream, that can never make you happy or be a motivation for the rest of your life. This is an education for our artists."

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"When I first wrote 'Feel Special,' it was a different type of chill," he says slowly, with a tenderness in his speech heard when talking about the nine-member girl group. "Especially this year, there have been some hardships through a couple members of TWICE. When they have problems, they come to my room and they talk about it. A lot of times they cry. But when they told me it was the members who are right next to them who help them stand back up, I thought it was so beautiful; how much they really truly love each other and how they really, truly rely on each other. When they left, I just wrote the song right away at that moment. I was moved because the lyric and the melody were just so touching because it was based on a true story. I just sang it as a piano ballad."

Park feels that those personal stories will be the differentiating factors in music when trends can be spread and hitched to so quickly.

"It's very funny, if you look at the Billboard Hot 100, it's less diverse than 20, 30 years ago," he explains. "Why is that? The information travels so fast globally that if something's cool it affects all the other creators and they end up becoming similar. The fashion, the music, the dance, it's going to become more and more similar. What elements will make it different? It's the true stories."

J.Y. adds that "Feel Special" marked a turning point for TWICE where people were not as focused on the group's looks, clothes or dance moves like past releases, but were instead moved by the music. "It's a little bit sad, but I would have never written a song like that if they hadn't actually gone through those hardships. Why would I?" he says, noting that the group was actually crying while recording in the studio which he feels was transferred into the final product.

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TWICE's tight relationship with their mentor was further expressed when the group posted a photo of them with J.Y. Park during his recently held concert with a caption:

"Father of TWICE was cooler than we expected. We've learnt a lot! We want to do guest in your 60th birthday concert. Can we be your guest then?”