16 Quotes by Du Yun

When we look at human trafficking, we always think that it's far away from us.

We all have our own narrative of what human trafficking is supposed to be, but if you do a little research, human trafficking happens, in many different forms and shapes, right in our backyard.

It's about how you're using the space. That's what makes live music.

When you are known as this cutting-edge composer all the time... it's no longer cutting-edge.

I'm always going to use music, use culture as a tool to engage people to have this dialog, to enable others. That's very important.

In pop music, people take a stand. When you look at a Beyonce or a Kendrick Lamar, they are going to tell you what they think. And audiences totally get it. They totally love it, and they are totally hungry for it. But in our conservatory training, I think it's a little lacking.

I like a lot of different things equally, with no boundaries, and in a very serious way.

I'm the benefactor of people who are doing so much hard work championing women composers.

Art music is an evolving matter, and so are a lot of cities.