Zubin Mehta Quotes

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• In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.
• Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect…
• Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of…
• If you can sing together, you can live together.
• I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
• One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.
• My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
• I love to conduct opera.
• My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
• I am an Indian, so I do yoga.
• All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
• I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
• 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…
• Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
• Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
• There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.
• 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…
• I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
• The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
• In Chicago, they die for their teams.

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