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I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'
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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I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.
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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.
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Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.
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I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
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But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.
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I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.
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But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall
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I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.
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Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.
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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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