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Me Quotes by Rufus Wainwright
- For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.
- I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'
- I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.
- Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.
- 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 was…
- For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never…
- 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'm not born again, I'm not Kabbalah, God forbid, but I did have an experience hitting 30 that I needed to lean on something that…
- I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's…
- 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,…
- When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a…
- My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.
- To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.
- Dinner at eight was okay before the toast full of gleams. It was great until those old magazines got us started up again. Actually it…
- I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing…
- There is no way that I could say that I am going to be Mahler or Mozart. But no one is. And if this is…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale