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Rufus Wainwright

Canadian Musician

Born: Jul 22, 1973

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Life is a game and true love is a trophy. Rufus Wainwright

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My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth. Rufus Wainwright

Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic. Rufus Wainwright

Me Care Unless Take Take Care Boyfriend Aunt Pathetic Little

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. Rufus Wainwright

You Pretty Being Much Being Pretty Cool Coolest

After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself. Rufus Wainwright

Myself Cleaning Horribly Hotels Inept Years Up After

When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even if it meant just sitting on my piano bench, staring into space and thinking about it. It's about keeping it regular, like your bowel movements - let's get real: it's your bodily artistic movements! It comes from the same place. Rufus Wainwright

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I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a kind of therapeutic process, but nevertheless it was a type of unloading that had to occur due to my personal life with my mother's health or just my professional trials and tribulations. Rufus Wainwright

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I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money. Rufus Wainwright

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I am ridiculously high-maintenance. Rufus Wainwright

Am Ridiculously

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in. Rufus Wainwright

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. Rufus Wainwright

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it. Rufus Wainwright

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I like to try new things. Rufus Wainwright

Try New Things New Like Things

I have a good face for what I do. Rufus Wainwright

Good Face

Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera! Rufus Wainwright

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. Rufus Wainwright

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I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. Rufus Wainwright

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Arguably, the relationship between Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland is one of the great mother-daughter sagas of all time. Certainly, for certain people, and a lot of them, Liza is the bigger star. Liza is the more kind of viable legend, shall we say. Then there's the other camp, where Judy is the one. Rufus Wainwright

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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. Rufus Wainwright

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