Canadian - Musician | July 22, 1973 -
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
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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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My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.
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I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.
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I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.
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You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.
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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.
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In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.
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I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.
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I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.
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I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.
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'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.
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