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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. "

Rufus Wainwright

Art

Person

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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. "

" I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career. "

" 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. "

" I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me. "

" When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses. "

" 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. "

" 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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People

Some People

" I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death. "

" I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well. "

" Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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Feel

Always

" 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. "

" As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. "

" 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. "

" There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. "

" I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park. "

" I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb. "