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

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

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

" The private sector is growing so incredibly in India, in every city you have industries for whom building a concert hall would be nothing financially. But they just don't do it. "

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

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

" I've never said, 'I live for art.' "

" 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. "

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

" Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace. "

" 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. "

" I believe in music. "

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

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

" I've known Pinchas Zukerman since he was a teenager. "

" I am an Indian, so I do yoga. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it. "

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

" 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. "

" There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish. "

" I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European. "

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

" I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them. "

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

" I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir. "

" 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. "