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.

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

The Germans are prisoners of their past.

In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.

I have heard Ori Kam on several occasions over the last few years and have always been deeply impressed with his playing. He possesses a rare combination of musical talent, technical facility, intelligence, and charisma, and he is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary young artists I have heard in recent years.

But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months advance over the eye...(but) what do we do in our society, in our civilisation, to continue this process?

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