To me, music is a luminous experience. Whenever I'm immersed in it, life lights up for me, no matter what else is going on.
The clarinet has always been my baby. I just didn't know that for a while.
When I got into high school, clarinet was not really in fashion. Everybody had electric bands.
Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.
I could never really figure out why people would live in a kibbutz. I'm such a city girl.
I'm working really hard to get the clarinet out of that hole, that Benny Goodman thing.
Israel is a mishmash of other cultures. It's like New Orleans; it's a meltdown of other cultures.
I've always been attracted to multicultural music. It's where the world is going.
Sometimes I get off stage, and I almost have no recollection of what happened. It's almost like a trance; it's very bizarre.
The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.
I flow between modern and traditional jazz, between samba and choro - all maybe in a week's time.
My parents never said to me, 'Why don't you go and get a real profession?' And that really helped.
I think music is one of the clearest ways to connect between people of all differences.
I'm helping people think the clarinet is cool.
