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

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.

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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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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.

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

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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?

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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.

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I believe in music.

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There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.

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I love to conduct opera.

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

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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.

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One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.

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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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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.

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

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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.

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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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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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I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.

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Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.

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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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My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.

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I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.

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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

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

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In Chicago, they die for their teams.

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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.

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Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.

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

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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 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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As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli.

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

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

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