Most Americans have a sense of what the blues is. But in Hong Kong, they have no sense of the blues.

Narrative stories are nothing but models of karma and causality - how one thing leads to another. And a lot of narrative fiction is about causality that we don't immediately understand.

It's only when an American steps outside of their own culture that you see how integral it is.

Hip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock.

My parents didn't really restrict my movement, so I got involved in the underground music scene and the activism scene; I was doing some volunteering in food relief. I spent a lot of time throughout the city in poor areas, even though my family lived in a wealthy area.

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

Most Americans have a sense of what the blues is. But in Hong Kong, they have no sense of the blues.