There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms’s four symphonies and Richard Strauss’s tone poems. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you’re going to the center of the world, the lion’s den. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time. Zubin Mehta Read Quote
