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All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.

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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Loved
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I am always writing if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.
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Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?
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I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!
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I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.
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I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys.
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I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.
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Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.
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Cigarettes and chocolate milk These are just a couple of my cravings Everything it seems I like's a little bit stronger A little bit thicker A little bit harmful for me.
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I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.
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I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.
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I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!
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I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.
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I really need to know I may just never see you again, or might as well You took advantage of a world that loved you well I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down I'm so tired of you, America.
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