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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.

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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Nanosecond
Torn

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And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer.
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