"Music is the inarticulate speech of the..." - Quote by Richard Wagner

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

“Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the History of Man.”

“Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced private spending. Furthermore, private spending is generally more efficient than the government spending that would replace it because people act more carefully when they spend their own money than when they spend other people's money.”

“If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.”

“Music says nothing to the reason: it is a kind of closely structured nonsense.”

“But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.”

“Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.”

“You know... when you are sad you love the sunsets.”

“There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate.”