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I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.

My work has always been controversial within certain segments of the Asian-American community. This is a community that is generally not represented well at all on the stage, in the media, etc. So on those few occasions when something comes along, everybody feels obligated to make sure that it represents his own point of view.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

I'm comfortable having a specific audience to write to. I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the heart of America, my audience is basically, in the States, an NPR audience. I play college towns in the summer because that's who comes to see me.

The arts are the one thing that appeal right across all forms of politics, race, creed - everything.