I definitely was always expected and encouraged to be a songwriter from a very young age, ... But really it's because, as a child, I thought I was Judy Garland. And when I started out, I was a little nuts. I thought I was a classic, legendary superstar when only 10 people knew who I was. I feel in some ways that my confidence is misinterpreted as arrogance, which is understandable. But I've also always thought that false modesty is evil.
I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll. - Rufus Wainwright
I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll.
- Rufus Wainwright
I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. - Rufus Wainwright
I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.
For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. - Rufus Wainwright
For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.
Let the little fairy in you fly! - Rufus Wainwright
Let the little fairy in you fly!
Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge. - Rufus Wainwright
Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win. - Rufus Wainwright
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.
Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be. - Rufus Wainwright
Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.
I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. - Rufus Wainwright
I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.
I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death. - Rufus Wainwright
I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.
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