Zubin Mehta Quotes
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After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I believe in music.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
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I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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I love India.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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I love to conduct opera.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.