I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I don't even notice that I'm the only female on a festival bill. I'm just like "oh I'm playing this festival."I haven't been very deeply involved in this greater outreach because my approach to equality is integration. I'm not into separatism, or an all-female festival. It's good and empowering but it doesn't allow for the bigger picture to get accomplished. We all need to be at the same festival - that's always been my approach.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

Headline writing is an art form.

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.

When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better. You accept criticism and listen.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

Loneliness is something we [all people] go through. We go through mourning and longing. We make some bad choices sometimes because we're desperate for something, and that's okay. That's part of life.