Character Quote by Thao Nguyen

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

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

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…

— Thao Nguyen

Sometimes I say things in interviews and then I see them in print and I think, "What an asshole."

— Thao Nguyen

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

Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison…

— Thao Nguyen

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

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

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

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

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

So when I can, I try my best to meditate a little bit every day, and that helps a lot. I think that just…

— Thao Nguyen