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I Grew Up In Synagogue In The Boys' Choir. We Didn't Listen To Music In The House; Only At Temple. Then I Went To A Mostly African American High School On The South Side Of Chicago And Joined A Gospel Choir.

I Would Go To War With Words, Not Weapons. I Would Die Talking Before I Lifted A Weapon.

I Can Achieve That By Personally Relating The Words That I Am Saying To Something I Have Known In My Life.

Singing In Yiddish Was A Great Thrill For Me And Came About Through Joe Papp, The Founder Of The Public Theater.

Everything I Am Came From My Parents. I Don't Take That Much Credit For Who I Am And What I Am.