What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other.

While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

In my world, history comes down to language and art.