I believe in the power of storytelling. It's how we make sense of the world.

音乐是一种道德律，它使宇宙有了魂魄，心灵有了翅膀，想像得以飞翔，使忧伤与欢乐有如醉如痴的力量，使一切事物有了生命；它是秩序的本质，引向成为真、善、美的一切。

我把每一分都当作赛点来打。

I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."

Art should transcend borders and become a common language of humanity. 艺术应该超越国界，成为人类共同的语言。