U.S.-China relations doesn't need another lawyer.

I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.

Outside your door, the world is waiting. Inside your heart, a voice is calling. The four corners of the world are watching. So travel, daughter, travel. Go get it, girl.

I really believe in the power of music.

I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.

I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.

I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.

Hogslop is the real deal groovilicious honkin old-time string band. Guaranteed old-time awesomeness with these fellas around!

I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me.

I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.

How we look at life depends on how we see ourselves.

Lay out your options, dismiss the ones that are of zero appeal, and focus on those that not only excite you, but make sense to you.

I have my own style and don't really follow fashion, but I like leggings. They're easy to wear and can go with anything.

I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

Let's draw the boundary early not wait until it's obvious like Hitler's Germany and insist that the state shall never, never, take the life of a person!

Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary.

Play because it's fun, and not to become a pro. If your goal is to become pro, the best way to realize that is by loving what you do.

Why can men be boys all of their lives, but we women must grow old while we are yet young?