Zubin Mehta Quotes
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In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too.
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I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
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Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.
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Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.
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I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages.
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I am an Indian, so I do yoga.
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In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian music. It doesn't matter which party is in power; don't you think the capital of India should have a concert hall?
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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I feel very friendly towards your country, but make no mistake I will always be an Indian first.
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There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
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As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them.
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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
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It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.
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American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
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Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.
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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.
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All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.