Artist Quotes by Rufus Wainwright

8 Artist quotes by Rufus Wainwright

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Wainwright’s lyrical storytelling often explores identity. This compact set of quotes offers a quick glimpse into his belief in the artist as a storyteller of emotion.

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You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not…

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As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

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The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh,…

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The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.

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But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.

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The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer,…

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I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a…

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I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it…

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I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic.

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I'm very blessed, mainly because even though my family is mostly in show business, it's really centered around music. My parents were very successful…

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Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me -…

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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…

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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…

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And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck…

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It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream, which, of course, ruins it.…

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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…

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I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.

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The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and…

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I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

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