Because I grew up trapped in the suburbs 8 miles outside of D.C. and I've never seen what people who live in D.C. look like. — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I think it's really important for the audience to feel connected, and when it's good it's this amazing, symbiotic relationship. I try to give… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I've always felt for little children because I love the way they fashion sentences - their vocabulary is limited. They have to navigate around… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I like to say that I was raised by sitcoms, and that my personality is comprised of different characters. Darlene from Roseanne, Denise from… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, music-wise. I wasn't particularly motivated to write songs. But this level of humanity and spirit that I witnessed greatly impacted and so inspired me, so that I felt this sort of… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share
Sometimes I say things in interviews and then I see them in print and I think, "What an asshole." — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I think that the activism I've become involved with informs and enhances my life in a lot of ways, and definitely career-wise. This record… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison system, they have mandatory sentencing and life in prison for three counts of simple drug possession, or whatever. I find it not only helpful but, I think, necessary in maintaining my grounding and my perspective. Because… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share
I try not to read reviews because I know how sensitive I am and how debilitating it is and how it follows me around.… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I think I'm more effective as an activist if I stay in music, to be honest. Music, the way it reaches people and transcends… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
When I am onstage, singing all these songs... what's going through my mind is nothing. That's what's so amazing about meditation - achieving that… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
It's really easy to not be satisfied with your work, or people, or anything, but I really embrace the idea of not having to… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I think meditating on tour is integral. It's a priority, because everything is so chaotic, and the calmer you stay, the calmer everybody is.… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
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