Zubin Mehta Quotes
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I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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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 respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.
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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 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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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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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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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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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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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
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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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I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.
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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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There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
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I am an Indian, so I do yoga.
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I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time.
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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.
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Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.
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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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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.