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I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.

I think music has always been what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know how or when I was going to get discovered.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

All your experiences, the places you go to, the encounters you have with people, and, of course, your cultural trappings all make you who you are, and who you are makes your music.

I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance.

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.

I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was my major.

I've always been attracted to multicultural music. It's where the world is going.

I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have a tribe all around the world.