101 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.

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.

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.

Rock music is predictable, unless theres great talent involved.

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

There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.

I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages.

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

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