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" I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition. "
Rufus Wainwright
Gaga
Ounce
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" I think we could all be a bit more elitist. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can. "
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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. "
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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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" 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'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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" 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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" 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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" When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love. "
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" I like to try new things. "
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" I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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! "
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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. "
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" I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. "
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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 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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