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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. "

Rufus Wainwright

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" I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully. "

" 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. "

" I'm very much a romantic. I'm highly attuned to an older sensibility, which I believe is alive and well. We're not that far ahead of the Romantic Age in society. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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Make

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

" Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do - unless we want to get more decrepit. I don't think we have to destroy the place totally. "

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

" 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. "

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

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Mahler

Sing

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

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

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Elitist

I Think

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 like to try new things. "

" My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. "