I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through.

Israel's strategy cannot be to constantly confront the Palestinians with the history of the Holocaust, but instead to show them that Israel is a reality.

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic.

I can't stand being in Chicago anymore and hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto in the elevator. Because that shows me that when they come to the concert hall they listen to it in the same way.

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.