I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too.
From Zubin Mehta
I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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.
I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
If you can sing together, you can live together.
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