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

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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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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