All Quotes

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! ”

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

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing. ”