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

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" 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. "

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

" I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it? "

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians. "

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" My tastes are Viennese. "

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

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

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