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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. "
Rufus Wainwright
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" Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it. "
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" Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. "
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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. "
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" There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. "
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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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" I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition. "
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" After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself. "
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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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" 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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" I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. "
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" My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. "
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Father
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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 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 could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. "
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" I was reared on folk music. "
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Folk Music
Music
" 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. "
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" Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay. "
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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. "
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" Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera! "
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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 think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it. "
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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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