Canadian - Musician | July 22, 1973 -
One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
Rufus Wainwright
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Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay.
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Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.
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Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.
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When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses.
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I love being not cool.
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After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself.
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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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There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost.
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I think we could all be a bit more elitist.
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I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work could fit very nicely into musicals, though.
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I was reared on folk music.
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