“I love [Shen Yun] ... it was so colorful and so dynamic.”

“Human beings are by nature spiritual and they have a need to express the spiritual part of themselves. And that government cannot arbitrarily take that away. ... I thought that was a very important message and I think it was beautifully portrayed.”

“I think the performers are extraordinarily spirit filled. I am sitting close enough that I am able to see their facial expressions. And to see kind of how they interact with each other, and how kind of alive they are with the performance—they are more into it, which brings me more into it. So I can feel the energy there.”