Quotes about Wagner

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Oral Roberts's informal estimate of 10 percent healed (Stewart, Only Believe, 58); in the modern faith movement, see Barron, Gospel, 125—36. Van Brenk, "Wagner," 257, cites 29 percent completely healed for Wagner (which would be quite high).

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since.