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. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
I’m really not a party person. I’m in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don’t revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven’s triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
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. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn’t push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don’t have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they’ve had the opportunities. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
