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Zubin Mehta

Indian

April 29, 1936

Musician

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

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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.

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

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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

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There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.

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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.

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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.

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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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