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Wagner Quotes

Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours Picture Quote #1

Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour Picture Quote #1

Please write music like Wagner, only louder Picture Quote #1

I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees Picture Quote #1

Wagner has some great moments, but a lot of miserable half hours Picture Quote #1

We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great Picture Quote #1

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Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour Picture Quote #1

... there isn’t often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting Picture Quote #1

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration Picture Quote #1

Yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut Picture Quote #1

Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore hearts! And yet there are only a few like you and me who feel it!!! Picture Quote #1

I think I have a pretty good ear. I mean, even just starting with, like, Austin Powers, where I did young Robert Wagner. People were, like, How do you imitate Robert Wagner? What does he sound like? What does that even involve? Picture Quote #1

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Lombardi: There’s a whole series of beautiful Mozart and Wagner records, in still very pristine condition. But, never a Bible. Until now. May I ask what condition it’s in?Eli: It’s beat up. But it will do the job Picture Quote #1

Wagner thought Rossini unserious; Rossini thought Wagner ‘lacked sun’. Wagner also became the butt of a phrase Rossini had used down the years to describe musicians about whom he had certain reservations - He has some beautiful moments but some bad quarters of an hour! Picture Quote #1

The score is doing a lot of work. It’s like Wagner. It’s like a yak carrying people Picture Quote #1

A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel Picture Quote #1

Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since Picture Quote #1

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I’ve had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me Picture Quote #1

A soccer game is a Wagner opera. The narrative sets up, the tension builds, the music ebbs and flows, the strings, the horns, more tension, and suddenly a moment of pure bliss, trumpet-tongued Gabriel sings, and gods descend from Olympus to dance - this peak of ecstasy Picture Quote #1

Good God! Think of listening to Wagner for a whole fortnight with a woman who takes about as much interest in music as a tone-deaf newt - that would be fun! Picture Quote #1

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws Picture Quote #1

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Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours (Wagner Quotes) Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour (Wagner Quotes) Please write music like Wagner, only louder (Wagner Quotes) I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees (Wagner Quotes) Wagner has some great moments, but a lot of miserable half hours (Wagner Quotes) We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great (Wagner Quotes) Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour (Wagner Quotes) ... there isn’t often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting (Wagner Quotes) Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration (Wagner Quotes) Yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut (Wagner Quotes) Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore hearts! And yet there are only a few like you and me who feel it!!! (Wagner Quotes) I think I have a pretty good ear. I mean, even just starting with, like, Austin Powers, where I did young Robert Wagner. People were, like, How do you imitate Robert Wagner? What does he sound like? What does that even involve?. (Wagner Quotes) Lombardi: There’s a whole series of beautiful Mozart and Wagner records, in still very pristine condition. But, never a Bible. Until now. May I ask what condition it’s in?Eli: It’s beat up. But it will do the job. (Wagner Quotes) Wagner thought Rossini unserious; Rossini thought Wagner ‘lacked sun’. Wagner also became the butt of a phrase Rossini had used down the years to describe musicians about whom he had certain reservations - He has some beautiful moments but some bad quarters of an hour! (Wagner Quotes) The score is doing a lot of work. It’s like Wagner. It’s like a yak carrying people. (Wagner Quotes) A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel. (Wagner Quotes) Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since (Wagner Quotes) In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct. (Wagner Quotes) I don’t think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I’ve had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me. (Wagner Quotes) A soccer game is a Wagner opera. The narrative sets up, the tension builds, the music ebbs and flows, the strings, the horns, more tension, and suddenly a moment of pure bliss, trumpet-tongued Gabriel sings, and gods descend from Olympus to dance - this peak of ecstasy. (Wagner Quotes) Good God! Think of listening to Wagner for a whole fortnight with a woman who takes about as much interest in music as a tone-deaf newt - that would be fun! (Wagner Quotes) I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws (Wagner Quotes)