Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

Talking about [Donald] Trump, there's nothing wrong with Trump. He's who he is. It's wrong with us, who let him [win]. That's what's wrong. It's not that he's going to change, but the people who think like him.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.