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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. "

Rufus Wainwright

Belief

Happy

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Rufus Wainwright

People

Some People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Feel

Always

" 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. "

" The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even. "

" I was reared on folk music. "

" 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 definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. "

" I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. "

" I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it. "

" 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! "

Rufus Wainwright

Destiny

My Life

" 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! "

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

" The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person. "

" 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. "

" I have a good face for what I do. "

Rufus Wainwright

Face

Good

" The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale. "

" I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. "

" I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. "

" It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes. "

Rufus Wainwright

Older

Get

" I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. "