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I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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Blackberries
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I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.
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The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.
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I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it.
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