I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews.

You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

In Ireland we have the phenomenon known as a "Spoiled Priest." Unlike a spoiled child, this does not refer to a Priest throwing a temper tantrum.

[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.

I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.