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" I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake. "

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" 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. "

" My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay. "

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

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

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

" I love India. "

" 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. "

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

" I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank. "

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

" In Chicago, they die for their teams. "

" 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? "

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

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

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

" New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard. "

" 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. "

" Just imagine, the thousands and thousands of concerts that take place every single day, all over the world. And the positive effect that they would have on the people listening. Now imagine a world without this. This void... it is unthinkable. "

" I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras. "

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

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

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

" My tastes are Viennese. "

" 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. "

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

" I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much. "

" Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality. "

" Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously. "

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

" 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. "