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Rufus Wainwright quotes: I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll. I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you. Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys. I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world? I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world?
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful. There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I just think it's better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier, people die for them, people kill for them. I just think it's better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier, people die for them, people kill for them.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point. I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk. I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes. It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed. My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records. I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you. Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me. I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces. Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do. I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Life is a game and true love is a trophy. Life is a game and true love is a trophy.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I personally don't have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse. I personally don't have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Let the little fairy in you fly! Let the little fairy in you fly!
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine. And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing. You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present. Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win. That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge. Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I like to think of myself as a combination of Sid Vicious and Virgil Thompson I like to think of myself as a combination of Sid Vicious and Virgil Thompson
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition. I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future. I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park. I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Mowing your lawn is against nature. Mowing your lawn is against nature.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction. But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy. To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it. I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience. 'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb. I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic. I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish. I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale. The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I like to try new things. I like to try new things.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel. I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive. My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Somebody curse the light And take me far away from myself Somebody curse the light And take me far away from myself
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic. Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark. I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: These are just the rules and regulations Of the birds, and the bees The earth, and the trees, Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods. These are just the rules and regulations Of the birds, and the bees The earth, and the trees, Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on. All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: The more hedonistic you were, the better ... I very much subscribed to that as a young artist. The more hedonistic you were, the better ... I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully. I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death. I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I was reared on folk music. I was reared on folk music.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour. Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money. I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I don't really have a relationship with the guitar; it's like my slutty lover, whereas I'm married to the piano I don't really have a relationship with the guitar; it's like my slutty lover, whereas I'm married to the piano
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself. After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I think we could all be a bit more elitist. I think we could all be a bit more elitist.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Life is the longest death in California, Life is the longest death in California,
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I love being not cool. I love being not cool.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: When I was signed, at the age of 23 ... the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual. When I was signed, at the age of 23 ... the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can. I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast. I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money. I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer. And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on. Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls. Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: 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. 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.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin. I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: A diaper is as inspiring as a drink. A diaper is as inspiring as a drink.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not. I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.
Rufus Wainwright quotes: I have a good face for what I do. I have a good face for what I do.

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