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> [Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/every-songwriter-lives-to-have-at-least-one-song-that-a-cab-driver/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

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## More by Rupert Holmes

> [I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-was-tired-of-my-lady-we-d-been-together-too-long-like-a-worn-out/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-think-writing-for-a-world-one-has-invented-can-be-infinitely-more/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [Kipling said that Success and Failure are both imposters, and we should all listen to Kipling, if only because none of us are likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/kipling-said-that-success-and-failure-are-both-imposters-and-we/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into Champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/yes-i-like-pina-coladas-and-getting-caught-in-the-rain-i-m-not-much/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/but-thankfully-my-first-album-wide-screen-was-sort-of-a-critics/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/if-you-like-making-love-at-midnight-in-the-dunes-of-the-cape-you-re/)

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> [I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-type-even-faster-than-i-talk-i-m-very-proud-of-that-i-type-so-fast/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-always-try-to-keep-in-mind-that-while-the-characters-in-a-farce-may/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-ve-tried-in-my-career-to-do-most-everything-because-it-all/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-first-had-the-thought-about-making-a-musical-of-edwin-drood-as-far/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/every-songwriter-lives-to-have-at-least-one-song-that-a-cab-driver/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-don-t-want-to-own-her-but-i-can-t-let-her-have-it-both-ways-there/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to a theatre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/as-much-as-the-mystery-element-is-all-a-lot-of-fun-when-you-do-go-to/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/having-in-my-life-been-bitten-by-the-jaws-of-both-victory-and-defeat/)

[Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/)

> [In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/in-all-my-years-of-performing-no-audience-member-has-ever-actually/)

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