Zulfikar Ali Bhutto quotes
I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.
I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.
Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied.
Tikka Khan won't try to stick his nose in politics.
Rock music is predictable, unless theres great talent involved.
A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60.
...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our delight and satisfaction, and has availed himself with distinction.
Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.
In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.
Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.
My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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.
My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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?
There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
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 endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.