Wagner Quotes

Western culture is what gave us Mozart, and Da Vinci, and Wagner, and Beethoven.

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.

Wagner used to read the libretti of his operas to his friends; I am glad I was not there.

If one has not heard Wagner at Bayreuth, one has heard nothing! Take lots of handkerchiefs because you will cry a great deal! Also take a sedative because you will be exalted to the point of delirium!

Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.

I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him.

I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

Wagner festival was [Adolf Hitler] time with the Wagner family. [Eva Braun] asked once to attend but he forbade it and that was that, she never asked again.

I dig Strauss and Wagner, those cats are good...

Wagner is the Puccini of music.

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.