Rufus Wainwright quotes - page 5

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy. (Rufus Wainwright)
I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death. View quote
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I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty. View quote
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I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. View quote
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I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park. View quote
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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. View quote
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Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do - unless we want to get more decrepit. I don't think we have to destroy the place totally. View quote
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My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. View quote
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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. View quote
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My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth. View quote
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I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll. (Rufus Wainwright)
I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records. View quote
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I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. View quote
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Arguably, the relationship between Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland is one of the great mother-daughter sagas of all time. Certainly, for certain people, and a lot of them, Liza is the bigger star. Liza is the more kind of viable legend, shall we say. Then there's the other camp, where Judy is the one. View quote
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I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. View quote
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I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' View quote
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In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating. View quote
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There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost. View quote
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I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well. (Rufus Wainwright)
I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody. View quote
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I'm not born again, I'm not Kabbalah, God forbid, but I did have an experience hitting 30 that I needed to lean on something that assured me that everything is going to be okay. I had to regain a lot of my belief in fairy tales, in happy endings. View quote
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