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Then one day I read about a book that said that the church is the only army that shoots its wounded.

Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed.

I have an ambivalent feeling about the Israeli army. Growing up in Tel Aviv, being involved in the arts, the last thing artists want to do is fight.

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.

The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.

Music can lift the spirit; it can make you cry. Soldiers have marched into battle to music. It's a powerful thing.

If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.