C. Wagner Quotes

Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.

I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.

Music truely has to all other arts the same relation as religion to the church.

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

You know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never - never - never...

I know nothing at all about music.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

Some folks believe that global warming doesn't exist and that the environment doesn't need any help. I tend not to listen to them.

Rob Lowe, I've known him for a long time because I have three daughters, ya know. He's been cruising those three girls for a long time.

I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people.

When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.

I never talk to tabloids.

I liked working in a series, going to work every day and not having to leave town for long locations. I was producing them and building an audience.

I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.

I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.

I don't really watch too many remakes. I saw Scorsese's version of Cape Fear, which was good. That was a good remake.

I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies.

Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.

I like to get everything done during the early morning hours and the early part of the day.

I think you go through different phases when you do albums, and I think that they change according to where you are in your life and what you're inspired by at the moment.

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll try to re-create what was in my head at the time.

I don't work at night. I'm not very good about working at night. I get tired during the day and I usually like to save my nights to try things out recording.

It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess.

I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.

I always put a little bit of restrictions on myself, and I only do it for my creativity.

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

This is the life I live, and this is the stuff I experience. And like any good writer, I should just write about what goes in my life and what goes on around me. So that's what I chose to do.

Morality negates life.

you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...

I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

Children are born with a desire to have meaning. Give them Jesus, and they will have it eternally.

Sometimes God's sudden turn in your life feels like a detour, but in actuality it is the straightest way to your destiny!

It's better to have no control and be in the center of God's plan for your life than have total control and be completely lost to your destiny.

We must all cultivate our own creativity because we each have a God-given imagination that has the ability to bless generations and eternity.

At any moment we can demonstrate our faith by taking action that shows our belief in God's promises!

The best time to seek God is when it's really hard to find the time because that's when we probably need Him the most.

Be comforted! If there are people who can't stand to be around you, just remember that darkness hates light and deceit hates truth.

People can change their external lives with religion, but a lasting internal change only happens through a daily relationship with Jesus.

I no longer believe there's any such thing as losing a woman. A man loses himself as women slip into the future.

An imagination submitted to the movement of the Holy Spirit is a powerful tool in the hands of God to write testaments of His glory.

God created us in His image, and He gave us an imagination with His imprint to create things for His glory!

Competition is simply an unestablished paternship.

The gift of being able to speak with a holy God because of the righteousness we gain through Jesus on the cross is an indescribable miracle!

Jesus didn't die on the cross so we can do something epic. He died so we can have a relationship with an epic God who moves in epic ways!

No one is perfect. We all need a Savior. The more honest we become about our flaws, the more we'll reach out for the grace and love of Jesus.

Walking with Jesus is many times like walking in the eye of the storm--inner peace in the middle of chaos.