Zubin Mehta

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.

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

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

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

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

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.

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.

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

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

My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.

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