Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.
More Quotes by Zubin Mehta
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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.
Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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.
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.