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I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.

I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response.

I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.

When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.

I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

To fly into Moscow was a joy. I was trying to understand what people were thinking and how to earn money. In the end, I stayed.

I started like many young Russian people in the beginning of perestroika when it seemed that everything was possible.

I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place.

I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.