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Rufus Wainwright

Data di nascita: 22. Luglio 1973

Rufus Wainwright è un cantautore statunitense.

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Frasi Rufus Wainwright

„La prima volta che li ho sentiti nominare ho pensato fosse il nome di qualche locale per gay.“

— Rufus Wainwright

„When I first came up with the lines, I don't know what it is, but you got to do it/ I don't know where to go but you got to be there, I was at this party for The Strokes in New York. There was this prevailing sense of, 'We're not quite sure what's happening or what is cool, but we know that it's somewhere around here, in this room.' It was this vague confusion, with everybody kind of sniffing for blood. It wasn't that it was a bad party, or that I don't like The Strokes; I just think there's a lot of confusion right now in the music business. Then, later on, I realized the song was really personal. I didn't know where I was, and I didn't know I was actually lost. It wasn't about the party at all; it's about searching but not knowing what you're searching for. There's the train motif, being on this train heading for either oblivion or salvation – and just holding on for dear life. That song came down from some mountain somewhere, because it was right after I wrote it that I sort of packed it in.“

— Rufus Wainwright
About I Don't Know What It Is,

„When I was very young I was Judy. On good days I was Dorothy, on bad days I was the Wicked Witch. The interesting thing about it, too, is that I’ve always related to it mainly because I don’t relate much to Frank Sinatra. I appreciate Frank, but there are so many Frank Sinatra imitators, whether it’s Harry Connick Jr. or Michael Bublé—the kind of guys who [Snaps his fingers in quick succession] basically want to get laid. And there’s nobody being the flip side of that, which is the hungry, lonely, desperate, crazy-person singer [Laughs]. So I wanted to pick up that mantle and try to be a little less cool.“

— Rufus Wainwright
About Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall concert, Time Out New York Issue 551, April 20–26, 2006

„Evil Angel' is an interesting song. It's actually to do with a journalist who, uh... I was in France at the time and quite delicate... and this guy basically seduced me in Strasbourg... he gave me a tour of the town and it was very romantic, and we did actually make out in the middle of this town square... and then I went and did the show and I never heard from him again. And I just felt incredibly used. I think a lot of it has to do with, once you get into this business, you do have to become some kind of a machine. You do have to be heartless at times and be able to plough through certain situations. I don't want to totally become that person, but it's good that I'm thinking about it.“

— Rufus Wainwright

„You broke my heart, Danny boy
Not your fault, Danny boy
I was had at the doorstep
Played, like a two to a four-set
Had, like poor Job in the bible by God.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Danny Boy

„The mind has so many pictures
Why can't I sleep with my eyes open?
The mind has so many memories
Can you remember what it looks like when I cry?I'm trying, trying to tell you
All that I can in a sweet and velvet tongue
But no words ever could sell you
Sell you on me after all that I have done.“

— Rufus Wainwright
The One You Love

„Guess the world needs both sun
And the moon too
Sad with what I have except for you.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Sad With What I Have

„I really need to know
I may just never see you again, or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Going to a Town

„Why am I always on a plane or a fast train?
Oh what a world my parents gave me
Always
Travelin' but not in love.Still I think I'm doin' fine
Wouldn't it be a lovely headline?
Life is
Beautiful on a New York Times.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Oh What a World

„One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano
And see your other dad wearing glasses
Hope that you will want to stay for a while
Don’t worry I know you’ll have to go“

— Rufus Wainwright
Montauk

„Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium DVD, filmed February 25, 2007

„And I am left behind
Corrupted crushed and blind
All for a dream
That in truth was never really mine.“

— Rufus Wainwright
The Dream

„These are just the rules and regulations
Of the birds, and the bees
The earth, and the trees,
Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Rules and Regulations

„I don't want to hold you and feel so helpless
I don't want to smell you and lose my senses
And smile in slow motion
With eyes in love.“

— Rufus Wainwright
Foolish Love

„But I don’t even think you hear me at all
Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall“

— Rufus Wainwright
Jericho

„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 down by a hammer.“

— Rufus Wainwright
April Fool's

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