When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.

I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.