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

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" Life is a game and true love is a trophy. "

" After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself. "

" 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 do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not. "

" My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'. "

" To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy. "

Rufus Wainwright

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Own

" I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. "

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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 have a good face for what I do. "

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Face

Good

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

" I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel. "

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

" Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. "

" I was reared on folk music. "

" Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a kind of therapeutic process, but nevertheless it was a type of unloading that had to occur due to my personal life with my mother's health or just my professional trials and tribulations. "

" 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 have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition. "

" You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else. "

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

" 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. "

" I think we could all be a bit more elitist. "

Rufus Wainwright

Elitist

I Think