Hip hop artist Wang Xiaolei, featured on PBS’s Frontline documentary Young & Restless in China:

“I asked Wang what happened to the sharp social commentary in his earlier work…

‘It’s hard to say. Sometimes when I was younger, I’d feel angry and say so, and afterwards I’d forget about it. If you’re standing in the street, you can see many things that can make you angry. But if you don’t think about it too much, it’s ok. There’s a Buddhist poem i like, that goes, ‘The heart of a human is like a clear mirror. You must always remember to wipe it, and not let dirt curb its bright nature.’ Actually, in the past half year, I’ve realized that much of the anger I felt was just created by myself.’”