Rufus Wainwright quotes - page 3

I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment when decadence is healthy, 'Poses' encapsulates that feeling. It's a kind of song and a kind of album that I'll never be able to repeat. (Rufus Wainwright)
For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I've accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante. View quote
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I like to try new things. View quote
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Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces. View quote
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The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have a good face for what I do. View quote
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I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around. View quote
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I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms. View quote
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As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. View quote
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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. (Rufus Wainwright)
Let the little fairy in you fly! View quote
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Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. View quote
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I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. View quote
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My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. View quote
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My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive. View quote
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For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. View quote
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'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience. View quote
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Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. View quote
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I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. View quote
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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! (Rufus Wainwright)
I'm very much a romantic. I'm highly attuned to an older sensibility, which I believe is alive and well. We're not that far ahead of the Romantic Age in society. View quote
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I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money. View quote
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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! View quote
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When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses. View quote
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