"To play music well, you need to strike a balance between your head, your heart, and your stomach. And if one of the three is not there or is there in too strong a dose, you cannot use it. What better …"

"The West has always seen the East as inferior."

"The trouble with identity politics is that it is a prison."

"The concept of 'identity' is often used to create divisions, to exclude, to marginalize."

"The struggle for justice is a universal struggle, a struggle that transcends borders and cultures."