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

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.

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

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

Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you're literally a creative collagist? You're taking pieces of the world that you see around you and that are inside of you and put them together in a way that you see fit.

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

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.