In My World, History Comes Down To

For I Firmly Believe That Jewish Life, Indeed Any Communal Life, Can Only Be Organized According To Democratic Principles.

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 Make Common Cause With Those Whose Weapons Are Guitars, Banjos, Fiddles And Words.

I Am Not, And Have Never Been, In Favor Of Boycotting Israel.

As An Artist I Have An Even More Abiding Interest In The Compact Between The Arts And Government.