I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.

I believe in music.

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.

My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.