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

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

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

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

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

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

" I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home. "

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

" My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies. "

" 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. "

" 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 am an Indian, so I do yoga. "

" If you can sing together, you can live together. "

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

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

" I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European. "

" I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them. "

" 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. "

" 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? "