I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.

I feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!