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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?
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
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Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.
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I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.
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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 made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result.
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I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.
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I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.
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A diaper is as inspiring as a drink.
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Let the little fairy in you fly!
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When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.
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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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These are just the rules and regulations Of the birds, and the bees The earth, and the trees, Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods.
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My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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My cheeks explode when I smile. Thats why I have to look so nonplussed.
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Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.
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My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it really.
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