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" For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. "
Rufus Wainwright
Harder
iPhone
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" The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I had this huge gilded album. It was kind of an amazing experience because I didn't intend it to be that way. "
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" New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted. "
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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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" 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 am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. "
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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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" I was reared on folk music. "
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" I think we could all be a bit more elitist. "
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" My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in. "
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" I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result. "
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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. "
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Me
Happy
" I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. "
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Royal
Greatest
" 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. "
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People
Time
Relationship
" 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. "
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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. "
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Say
" I'm a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelites. Millais, Edward Burne-Jones, and I realised recently that my music is Pre-Raphaelite in a certain way, in that it reinvents an older era and romanticises it, puts it in this gilded frame. "
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Older
Frame
Fan
" Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. "
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You
Being
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" When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even if it meant just sitting on my piano bench, staring into space and thinking about it. It's about keeping it regular, like your bowel movements - let's get real: it's your bodily artistic movements! It comes from the same place. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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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 do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not. "
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" I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. "
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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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" Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I like to try new things. "
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" I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. "
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