Top 84 Quotes by Zubin Mehta

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.

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.

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

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

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

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

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.

I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.