Edgar Bronfman

“As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America.”

“As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.”

“My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.”

“Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles.”

“Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America.”

“It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.”

“In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.”

“There are signs that the Arab states are beginning to realize that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to the entire region, and not just to Israel.”

“Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.”

“Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing.”

“I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.”

“For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart.”

“I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.”

“During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders.”

“I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.”

“If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same.”

“Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.”

“Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.”

“And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been of making sure that every song on a new album is as good as can be.”

“Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.”