I truly believe that fundamentalism stems from unemployment. A man without a job is desperate; he doesn't want to live anyway.

Our partnership with the American Warren Buffett, from my perspective, is aimed at creating more jobs.

For us to become a nation, everyone - including Arabs, Druze, ultra-Orthodox and new immigrants - must feel that they belong. Their success is extremely important to us. If they succeed, they will come to understand the advantages of democracy and freedom.

The problem with our region is that there are areas with oil and too much money, and then there are places such as south Lebanon and the Palestinian territories where there is no work, and instead of developing industry, they become dependent on oil money - this results in extremism.

My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer; less fun and less money.

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

I've learnt that money comes very quickly, but it leaves even quicker.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.