“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 inspi...”

“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.”

“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.”

“An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.”

“Throughout Jack's violin solo at the Hollywood Bowl, the audience was glued to their seats. That was the only way he could get them to sit down.”

“I feel very friendly towards your country, but make no mistake I will always be an Indian first.”

“God and government can work together”

“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than ourselves, who really know how to manage things. But the governme...”

“In our country let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy Nigeria unity.”

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

“News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.”

“She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.”

“Who can declare that money is not a power which rulers of the world cannot withstand?”

“Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has never made a successful peace because peace requires exchanging ideas,...”

“O, I do read Indian novels sometimes. But you know, Ms Rupinder, what we Indians want in literature, at least the kind written in English, is not literature at all, but flattery. We want to see our...”