I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

In my world, history comes down to language and art.

Audiences are audiences.

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

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.