I love to prove people wrong. They expect I'll sound a certain way when they see me, then they hear me and they can't believe it. I love that.

Lee's career began in Hong Kong but after becoming popular in Taiwan Coco Lee was subsequently considered a Taiwanese artist. Coco Lee (Chinese: 李玟; pinyin: Lǐ Wén; born Ferren Lee 17 January 1975 Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter record producer dancer and actress. As a Chinese American Lee is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars; Coco Lee performed the Best Original Song nominated "A Love Before Time" (from the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon).