Abigail Washburn China Quotations

I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.

Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.

I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.

China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with the culture.

U.S.-China relations doesn't need another lawyer.