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.

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.

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.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.