The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.
“The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.”
“There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.”