Zubin Mehta

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.

I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!

I've known Pinchas Zukerman since he was a teenager.

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

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.

I love to conduct opera.

I love India.

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

My life is so full of sacrifices.

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

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

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.