They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

— Victor Hugo

The late Bill Nye once said, 'I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

— Mark Twain

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

— Anonymous

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

— Billy Joel

No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.

— Billy Joel

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

— Edgar Wilson Nye

“Do you try to listen to calssical music but feel you don't ever really advance past knowing it's better than it sounds?”

— Padgett Powell

I simply love Wagner's music. That actually started very early. He was the first composer I was exposed very much to because my parents…

— Andris Nelsons

I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing you.

— Bob Marley

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…

— Oscar Wilde

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to…

— Charles Baudelaire

I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.

— Andris Nelsons

They see me all the time at Bayreuth and think I only like Wagner's music, and it's not true.

— Joachim Sauer

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

— Edvard Munch

Science begins with the world we have to live in, accepting its data and trying to explain its laws. From there, it moves toward…

— Northrop Frye