“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 paws”
Charles Baudelaire
“Is Wagner actually a man? Is he not rather a disease? Everything he touches falls ill; he has made music sick”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Everytime I hear Wagner I feel like invading Poland.”
Woody Allen
“Wagner was a monster. He was anti-Semitic on Mondays and vegetarian on Tuesdays. On Wednesday he was in favor of annexing Newfoundland, Thursday he wanted to sink Venice and Friday he wanted to blow up the pope.”
Tony Palmer
“If Bach wriggles, Wagner writhes”
Samuel Butler
“If you look at what's transpired in sports between then and now, you see the significance of the Wagner contract. Wagner was the quintessential star in American sports at the time. This contract sort of started it all as far as formal endorsement deals.”
David Hunt
“I think coach Wagner has brought so much to this program. She puts herself out there for us. We're just like a family, real tight.”
Casey Nash