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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts. — Zubin Mehta

Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors. — Zubin Mehta

Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace. — Zubin Mehta

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas. — Zubin Mehta

My tastes are Viennese. — Zubin Mehta

Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making. — Zubin Mehta

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me. — Zubin Mehta

I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them. — Zubin Mehta

In Chicago, they die for their teams. — Zubin Mehta

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do. — Zubin Mehta

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living. — Zubin Mehta

I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time. — Zubin Mehta

There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full. — Zubin Mehta

An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude. — Zubin Mehta

I am an Indian, so I do yoga. — Zubin Mehta

One shouldn't know the future. — Zubin Mehta

I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life. — Zubin Mehta

If you can sing together, you can live together. — Zubin Mehta

I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake. — Zubin Mehta

Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it? — Zubin Mehta

As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli. — Zubin Mehta

All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way. — Zubin Mehta

We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music. — Zubin Mehta

Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music. — Zubin Mehta

One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire. — Zubin Mehta

I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home. — Zubin Mehta

There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world. — Zubin Mehta

I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much. — Zubin Mehta

I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that. — Zubin Mehta

I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too. — Zubin Mehta

You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere! — Zubin Mehta

I believe in music. — Zubin Mehta

If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians. — Zubin Mehta

There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis. — Zubin Mehta

I've known Pinchas Zukerman since he was a teenager. — Zubin Mehta

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European. — Zubin Mehta

Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India. — Zubin Mehta

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras. — Zubin Mehta

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. — Zubin Mehta

I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine. — Zubin Mehta

Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students. — Zubin Mehta

In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless. — Zubin Mehta

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew. — Zubin Mehta

I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor! — Zubin Mehta

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir. — Zubin Mehta

There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish. — Zubin Mehta

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems. — Zubin Mehta

I love to conduct opera. — Zubin Mehta

Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus. — Zubin Mehta

I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s. — Zubin Mehta

I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here. — Zubin Mehta

New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard. — Zubin Mehta

American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions. — Zubin Mehta

Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved. — Zubin Mehta

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality. — Zubin Mehta

The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing. — Zubin Mehta

The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable. — Zubin Mehta

My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay. — Zubin Mehta

My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies. — Zubin Mehta

I've never said, 'I live for art.' — Zubin Mehta

After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer. — Zubin Mehta

Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously. — Zubin Mehta

My life is so full of sacrifices. — Zubin Mehta

The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra. — Zubin Mehta

Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed. — Zubin Mehta

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. — Zubin Mehta

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water. — Zubin Mehta

I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art. — Zubin Mehta

A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60. — Zubin Mehta