Joy is not in things; it is in us. – Richard Wagner
I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts – the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products. – Richard Wagner
Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge. – Richard Wagner
After my second-to-last record, The Greatest, I had gone on tour for a while, and I didnt play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of – its not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself – but disappointed in myself that I hadnt been challenging myself to learn musically. – Cat Power