Rufus Wainwright Quotes
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I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.
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In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!
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In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that.
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I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category.
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Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.
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I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
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Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn bits and pieces of what was going on over time. There's something about it being always a step away that makes it more fun to chase.
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I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!
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My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave.
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I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.
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Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.
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Life is the longest death in California.
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When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.
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I don't want to hold you and feel so helpless I don't want to smell you and lose my senses And smile in slow motion With eyes in love.
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The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.
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The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, "Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here." I find it vaguely sinister, even.
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One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go
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Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.
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I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.
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I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.
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I was reared on folk music.
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I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic.
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I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
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I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. I've been hanging out a bit with Lou Reed, and he's the complete opposite. He's into technology and is kind of like a toddler, compared to me, who's like an old 19th-century widow or something.
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I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.
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I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.
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Wouldn't Ponochio II be a great musical, now that he has to face the real world and get a wife... job. Now he wants to be a toy again.
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But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall
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You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.
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I am ridiculously high-maintenance.
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