“Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.” Quote by Allen Klein
“To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers have to take a stance on it.” Literature Author:Liao Yiwu
“If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries.” CountryDistanceDemocraticChinese Author:Liao Yiwu
“I have been living in Germany for one year and my impression is that people here are on a quest for the truth, they have come to terms with the injustices of the past, there are memorial centers and remembrance projects. Germany is my spiritual home.” PeopleHomePastSpiritualTermInjusticeImpressionRemembranceMemorial Author:Liao Yiwu
“It is something wonderful when one can love another author. That happens so rarely, without any kind of misgivings that authors often have between each other. It is a good fortune, when you can adore, when you can love, when you can find something so magnificent.” KindWonderfulMagnificentAdoreGood Fortune Author:Liao Yiwu
“A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.” CharacterTerribleCommit Author:Liao Yiwu
“We are all social human beings, so making music is a way to contribute to society, to feel needed, to feel necessary. We need this. My driving force is the fun of doing something creative, being a valuable member of society, and getting feedback.” FunCreativeMusic IsValuableDrivingFeedback Author:Erik Wiegand
“The first time you have a little success, some good feedback, you start imagining having a career, or being a professional musician. But while being creative, or doing creative work, is very natural for humans, to think of that as your main occupation, that's a really important transition.” ThinkingImportantNaturalCreativeMusicianFirst TimeBe CreativeFeedbackCreative Work Author:Erik Wiegand
“But for me it's very difficult to finish music on my own. It's the fear of losing the fun. It's very easy to get a sketch of something or an idea together in a very short time, to try out something new, but to get a five minute track to play out is much harder, at least for me. When I start to construct something, it often ends in frustration.” TryingTogetherFunEasyDifficultLosingTrackFrustrationSomething New Author:Erik Wiegand
“When you can inspire other people to do something they couldn't do before, that's a very satisfying feeling. Sometimes I meet people and they're over the top excited to tell me how much they love Razor. There is no shortage of synthesizers out there, every week there's a new synthesizer, especially plugins - there is a lot of competition - so if you make somebody really excited about synthesizer it really feels good, so it's a source of a lot of pride and satisfaction.” PeopleSometimesFeelingsWeekInspirePrideCompetitionExcitedFeel Good Author:Erik Wiegand
“When I play live, it doesn't look like I'm interacting with the crowd that much because I'm looking at the controllers and I'm concentrating, but I really like it, for me it's easier to play live than to work in the studio, it's more natural to be on stage improvising.” Natural Author:Erik Wiegand