Zubin Mehta quotes

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.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.

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.

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.

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

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