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If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
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Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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