The Germans Are Prisoners Of Their Past.

In Times Of Totalitarian Or Autocratic Rule, Music (indeed Culture In General) Is Often The Only Avenue Of Independent Thought. It Is The Only Way People Can Meet As Equals, And Exchange Ideas. Culture Then Becomes Primarily The Voice Of The Oppressed And It Takes Over From Politics As A Driving Force For Change.

Sound Is Often Talked About In A Very Subjective Way, As If It Had A Colour. This Is A Bright Sound, This Is A Dark Sound. I Don't Believe In That Because I Think That Is Much Too Subjective.

In The Beginning, There Was Silence. And Out Of The Silence Came The Sound. The Sound Is Not Here.

In The Long Term, Israel's Security Rests On Only One Pillar: The Palestinians' Acceptance Of The Country. It Isn't The Atom Bomb That Makes Israel Secure.

Not Only Has The Eyes Taken Over, But We Have Anaesthetised The Ears Through All The Muzak That We Hear All The Time.