"There is no way that I could say……" — Rufus Wainwright

"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 not misunderstood they would not have been me. The truth is that each of us must compose and create the very best that we can, bring what we know and learn, and use what we have to give. So I see it like this: Mozart, Wagner, Mahler, they built the cathedral of music, so high and beautiful; and I flew in there and got to place my small nest up way up there in the rafters of their beautiful cathedral."

— Rufus Wainwright

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