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" 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. "

Rufus Wainwright

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" I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment when decadence is healthy, 'Poses' encapsulates that feeling. It's a kind of song and a kind of album that I'll never be able to repeat. "

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

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" I am ridiculously high-maintenance. "

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

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" When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even if it meant just sitting on my piano bench, staring into space and thinking about it. It's about keeping it regular, like your bowel movements - let's get real: it's your bodily artistic movements! It comes from the same place. "

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

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" I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast. "

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" I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can. "

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

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

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

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

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

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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 was reared on folk music. "

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" Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. "

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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'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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" 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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" My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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