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. Anat Cohen Read Quote
Sometimes I get off stage, and I almost have no recollection of what happened. It’s almost like a trance; it’s very bizarre. Anat Cohen Read Quote
I have an ambivalent feeling about the Israeli army. Growing up in Tel Aviv, being involved in the arts, the last thing artists want to do is fight. Anat Cohen Read Quote
Some old people, they remember that they used to play clarinet, and they remember the squeaks of the clarinet. But I don’t play like that. Anat Cohen Read Quote
I’m working really hard to get the clarinet out of that hole, that Benny Goodman thing. Anat Cohen Read Quote
I prefer to solve conflict with kindness. That’s my first approach. If that doesn’t work, there’s always the alternative. I’m from Israel. I can tell a person what I think if I have to! Anat Cohen Read Quote
I was focusing on sax while at Berklee, but then I started to play Brazilian choro and Colombian music. I was doing more folkloric stuff on the clarinet because it works better. Finally, I realized I was working more on the clarinet than the saxophone, and I started to feel more comfortable on it. Anat Cohen Read Quote
We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music. Anat Cohen Read Quote
