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I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
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Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.
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My cheeks explode when I smile. Thats why I have to look so nonplussed.
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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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I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.
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If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.
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