Music Has Always Been Transnational.

Many Of The Central Asians Know Russian, And Ted Levin Speaks It Fluently. I Speak Chinese, But Mongolian Is Completely Different, So We Had To Have Translators.

Nobody Else Can Make The Sound You Make.

As A Child, You Respond Physically, Tactically. You're Delighted By Sound, You're Delighted By Recognizing Something. It's Like Hide And Seek. Is It There? Is It Not There? Is It This Note? Is It Not This Note? It's One Fantastic Game.

One Of The Most Interesting Aspects Of The Film Project Was Collaborating With So Many People - Directors, Filmmakers, And Writers - Over A Five-year Period. I Learned That There Are Two Components To This.

I Play An Instrument That Has Four Strings, And I'm Still Trying To Get It Right. What I've Tried To Do In The Process Of Playing These Four Strings Is To Try And Understand The People I Meet, The Stories They Have To Tell. And Then Become An Advocate For Them And Their Stories Through Music.