“I like to listen to African music; I like to listen to Brazilian music...” — Anat Cohen Quote

“I like to listen to African music; I like to listen to Brazilian music that's not just Choro. I love to listen to Radiohead, I like to listen to James Brown - any music.”

“The clarinet has always been my baby. I just didn't know that for a while.”

“The clarinet is not so dominant in Israeli music as it is in klezmer. I heard klezmer when I was growing up, but for some reason I avoided it. I listened to Louis Armstrong instead. But the sense of melody is the connection between jazz and klezmer.”

“I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.”

“I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.”

“There's never been a weak South African or Australian team. They are fighters.”