Rufus Wainwright Quotes

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• I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.
• I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano
• All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to…
• Life is the longest death in California,
• I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
• I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.
• Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?
• Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.
• I am ridiculously high-maintenance.
• I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.
• I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.
• All these poses of classical torture ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard. I did go from wanting to be someone, now I'm…
• Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.
• Faith is a bluebird you see from afar, it's for real and as sure as the first evening star. You can't touch it or buy…
• Life is a game and true love is a trophy.
• I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a…
• I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.
• I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.
• I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category.
• It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

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