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" Let the little fairy in you fly! "

Rufus Wainwright

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

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

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" I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way. "

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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 managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well. "

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" 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. "

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" I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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 find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around. "

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" 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! "

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" I was reared on folk music. "

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" I love being not cool. "

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" 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'. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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