Experience Quote by Rufus Wainwright Download Open image “'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.” — Rufus Wainwright ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Experience Full Kind Kinds of love Love Love Son Love song Opera Prima Prima donnas Song
In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating because when… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
I felt that I really couldn't be creative with opera. You're supposed to sound this way here. You're supposed to crescendo here. You're supposed… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good. — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany. — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me -… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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.… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
The Derby experience had not been good for me and the way it finished left a very bad taste in my mouth so I… — Nigel Pearson Copy Share Image
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From my experience of having served for 3000 days, I can say that anything can be achieved. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My favorite job is the next one. Its such a gratifying experience getting to creatively keep trying something new and push things in a… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
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Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image