"Much as I have no wish to hurt anyone's feelings, my first obligation has not been to be nice but to be true to my perhaps peculiar memories, experiences and feelings."

"The concept of 'civilization' is often used as a tool of power, to differentiate between the 'civilized' and the 'uncivilized'."

"To play music well, you need to strike a balance between your head, your heart, and your stomach. And if one of the three is not there or is there in too strong a dose, you cannot use it. What better …"

"The Israeli occupation is a form of apartheid."

"The intellectual's role is to be an amateur, someone who considers that what he does is not a way of making a living but is an activity that takes place during free time."