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

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" It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. "

" 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. "

" 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 love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here. "

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

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

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

" I believe in music. "

" I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras. "

" I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time. "

" I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra. "

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus. "

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

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

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

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

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

" My life is so full of sacrifices. "

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