The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.

Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.

At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me. These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.

Creativity is the power to act.

I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.