Zubin Mehta Quotes

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Zubin Mehta

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 29, 1936

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.

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If you can sing together, you can live together.

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I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

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One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.

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

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I love to conduct opera.

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

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I am an Indian, so I do yoga.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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The private sector is growing so incredibly in India, in every city you have industries for whom building a concert hall would be nothing financially. But they just don't do it.

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American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.

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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.

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Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously.

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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.

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