An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

If a man dreams about sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, he's certainly entitled to that. But when he wakes up, he has to acknowledge that he is married to someone else.

I'm not naive. I know perfectly well that there isn't a single Arab or Muslim in the world who would say: There has to be a Jewish state in the Middle East.

The ear plays the role of the guide in the museum in the concert I'm taking now. We don't have an oral guide, we have to provide it ourselves. One reason why active listening is absolutely essential.

And in English you have this wonderful difference between listening and hearing, and that you can hear without listening, and you can listen and not hear.

Every great work of art has two faces, one towards its own time and one towards future, towards eternity.

Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.