“I think different cultures at different times had a more elevated outlook on life.”

“I wasn’t aware that [spirituality] was part of ancient China, I knew that there were spiritual traditions, but this gives it more concrete expressions and so I appreciated that.”

“[Shen Yun shows] connection between oneself and the deeper nature of oneself, whatever you want to call it and so without giving it any word, I simply speak in terms of a more fundamental aspect of ourselves that … we’re not disconnected from the more lofty aspects of nature.”