I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.