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Rufus Wainwright Quotes
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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Able
Accomplish
Being
Far
Heart
How
How Far
Knack
Line
Out
Prima
Put
Really
Retrospect
Seem
Shocked
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In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Able
After
Almost
Away
Because
Being
Business
Cut
Devastating
Distant
Emotions
Faced
Father
Had
He
Know
Long
Me
More
Music
Music Business
Off
Rip
Situation
Sometimes
Survive
Time
To Survive
Understand
Why
You
Your
Yourself
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In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!
~ Rufus Wainwright
Banished
Believe
Evil
Going
Good
Good Guys
Guys
Nonsensical
Present
Present World
Psychotic
Somehow
Technological
Will
Win
World
You
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It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Becomes
Get
Like
More
Older
Seems
Unreal
World
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I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Always
Earth
Greatest
House
Opera
Opera House
Possibly
Quite
Royal
Towards
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I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Been
Blackberry
Hand
Rap
Recording
Thinking
Trying
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
America
Artistic
Career
Definitely
Downs
Follow
Gotten
Grammy
Had
Like
Made
Mark
Meat
Necessarily
Next
Nomination
Once
Piece
Rolling
Rolling Stone
Sense
Stone
Turns
Twists
Ups
Ups And Downs
You
Your
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Again
Camp
Definitely
Demise
Me
Paid
Plots
Precedes
Price
Reputation
Then
Way
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Aging
Because
Focus
I Think
Linda
Maybe
Shirley
Songs
Sort
Think
Thompson
Wonderful
Written
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Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay.
~ Rufus Wainwright
About
Back
End
Ever
Gay
Guns
Her
I Love
Looking
Looking Back
Love
Mom
Most
Never
One Of The Things
Right
She
Stuck
Things
Thrilled
Until
Up
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My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Cheeks
Explode
Look
Smile
Why
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My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Always
Been
Competitive
Dad
Somewhat
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Back
Been
Couple
Days
Gone
Habit
Here
Knock
Know
Known
Lose
Love
Maple
Next
Next Thing
Off
Over
Syrup
Teeth
Thing
Want
You
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My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.
~ Rufus Wainwright
About
Being
Could
Even
Father
Gay
Handle
Me
Mother
Mother And Father
Never
Really
Talked
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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'.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Always
Child
Had
Lot
Me
Moment
Mother
Over
Parties
Piano
Place
Rainbow
She
Sing
Somewhere
Upright
Would
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Am
Come
Death
Force
Fortunate
Gave
Gift
Having
Her
Here
Incredible
Inherited
Legacy
Masterpieces
Mother
Much
Music
Out
Person
Positive
Rather
Really
Sensibilities
She
Songs
Still
Tragedy
Turning
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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.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Going
Had
Hard
Like
Living
Make
Meant
Musicians
Now
Parents
Pop
Pop Stars
Road
Serious
Stars
Touring
Were
Working
Working Hard
You
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New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.
~ Rufus Wainwright
American
American Culture
Art
Because
Believe
Capitalism
Centre
Conservatism
Culture
Feel
Forces
Here
I Feel
I Love
Leave
Love
Maybe
New
New York
Once
Really
Suffer
Then
Wanted
Why
Will
York
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Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Illness
Like
Lot
Need
No Time
Once
Present
Realize
Really
Strikes
Time
You
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One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
~ Rufus Wainwright
Any
Been
Business
Destructive
Egos
Exists
Family
Forces
Has-Been
I Think
Look
Main
Our
Runaway
Show
Show Business
Struggle
Think
Within
You
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