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Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
Born: Jul 22, 1973
Always Life Love Me Think You
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It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes. Rufus Wainwright
World Older Seems Unreal More Like Becomes Get
I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well. Rufus Wainwright
Good Out Well Existence Very Gold Substantial Anything Bricks
When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love. Rufus Wainwright
Life Work Love Mother Father Three Master Personal Life About Songs Failed Wrote She Mistress Came Were Personal Your Using Elements Four
Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present. Rufus Wainwright
Time You Strikes Once No Time Like Lot Realize Really Illness Present Need
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career. Rufus Wainwright
You Ups And Downs Made Sense Mark Once Definitely Follow Had Like Piece Nomination Gotten America Stone Rolling Rolling Stone Artistic Ups Grammy Next Turns Your Meat Downs Necessarily Twists Career
I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. Rufus Wainwright
Older Approach Definitely Find Stupider Get Going
My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive. Rufus Wainwright
Somewhat Always Been Dad Competitive
I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money. Rufus Wainwright
Time You Money Focus Out Distractions Carve Opera Period Without Any Want Next Serious Need
I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast. Rufus Wainwright
Young Teeth Out Pretty Had Came Very Closet Cut Fast
I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb. Rufus Wainwright
Must Hyper Equivalent Sealed Tomb Sleep
The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person. Rufus Wainwright
Myself Me Gave Nina Nina Simone Consider Percent Direction Inspiration Absolutely Most Singer She Ultimate Person Artist Who
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win. Rufus Wainwright
Love Love Is Win Will Powerful Always Very To Love
I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. Rufus Wainwright
Myself Age Young Think Everybody Tempered Pretty Entranced Had Identified Fairly Young Age
I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way. Rufus Wainwright
Me Reputation Way Definitely Plots Price Demise Camp Precedes Again Then Paid
I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. Rufus Wainwright
Singing Mahler Like Sing Maybe
I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' Rufus Wainwright
Me Indebted Could Feel Boy Always Escape Stopped Being Which Really Mummy Homosexuality
My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. Rufus Wainwright
Me Gay Mother Father Mother And Father About Could Never Talked Handle Being Really Even
I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do. Rufus Wainwright
YouTube Out Horrible About Habit Checking Comments Going
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