I like Beethoven, especially the poems.
We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
Richard Strauss--Old Home Week in Gomorrah
I just can't listen to any more Wagner, you know...I'm starting to get the urge to conquer Poland.
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.
Brahms is one of my all-time favorite composers.
Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. [On Lohengrin]