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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed. "

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

" 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. "

" I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art. "

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

" 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. "

" One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire. "

" Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together. "

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

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

" Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music. "

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

" My life is so full of sacrifices. "

" I love India. "