Rufus Wainwright
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES JIMMY BUFFETT CASS MCCOMBS I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there&#... TRISTAN WILDS ANNA KENDRICK SUFJAN STEVENS TOM PETTY That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest ... JONATHAN JACKSON I think the hedge-fund industry has taken a reputational turn for the worse, this dog-eat-dog stuff.... BILL ACKMAN Lying about one's sexuality seems to be one of the ridiculous rules of what constitutes being a ... BEN DANIELS GARRY TRUDEAU BRUNO MARS I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans... to b... TYLER FARR Most often the music does end up in the movie, and sometimes there's a point where I wish that i... DANNY ELFMAN TUPAC SHAKUR You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically... LANCE REDDICK TYGA JIM CRAMER BEBE REXHA B. B. KING Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for... COCO LEE But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. ISAAC HANSON I believe when the music is being sung or being played, at the end of it, there's some sort of g... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE AIMEE MANN ADAM MCKAY AIMEE MANN MARTIN GORE I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and the... TAIO CRUZ I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed m... NORAH JONES I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don&... FRANK BLACK ERYKAH BADU I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of su... ADAM MANSBACH HUNTER HAYES 'The X Factor' was the final push I needed to have the presence and confidence on stage, whi... FLEUR EAST KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think ... WAYNE COYNE I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years u... RICO LOVE Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in ... BILL CALLAHAN NIKKI SIXX In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's jus... LA INDIA I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anythin... JUSTIN VERNON QUINCY JONES My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see... DEBORAH COX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON SAM SMITH NINA SIMONE SNOOP DOGG I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about musi... MALIK BENDJELLOUL I don't care what people say. My music's, my music. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS T-PAIN But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9t... OBIE TRICE The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in t... EUGENE LEVY JERRY GARCIA BETSY HODGES 'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember ... FEDE ALVAREZ ALAN ARKIN I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side... EVE HENRY ROLLINS I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like ... T.I. It's hella crazy being included in the music for the 'Ninja Turtles' movie. TY DOLLA SIGN I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I thin... LESLEY GORE There's been many times when a producer will say, 'I don't think you want to say that.&#... TYLER JOSEPH I don't think when I'm doing music. Things just happen. I've even taken my clothes off w... DARON MALAKIAN JAY-Z ARMAAN MALIK LEONA LEWIS I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do... TREY SONGZ I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS NADIA BOULANGER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON GARY ALLAN CHARLI XCX I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry n... JOHN FRUSCIANTE WARREN ELLIS I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people... REBECCA FERGUSON For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drummi... YELAWOLF To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to... ALEXANDRA CHANDO DAVID BECKHAM SHARON STONE I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my per... MAIA MITCHELL the nurse smiled and patted my arm. “Don’t give up yet. Sometimes when we think God has written ... RACHEL VAN DYKEN JACOB DEGROM It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything ... CAM CHAKA KHAN OLIVIA COLMAN RACHEL BILSON My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's e... BRUCE SUTTER You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t... JAKE OWEN I don't have a traditional design background, but it's inherent to me. My father was in the ... STACEY BENDET KEVIN BACON JACK BLACK I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be consi... ADAM PALLY I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for... T. J. PERKINS NICK CANNON YAEL NAIM MARCUS SAMUELSSON TIG NOTARO
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I still think of myself as a starter.... ADAM WAINWRIGHT I think I can do way better. I'm not real pleased with today. I got out of some situations and pitch... ADAM WAINWRIGHT I think the years of toiling around in the minors have really helped. ADAM WAINWRIGHT Today, I really struggled staying back on the rubber and getting the ball down. But when I did, you ... ADAM WAINWRIGHT It was nice of Jason to let me start that game. He didn't have to let me do that. It was nice to get... ADAM WAINWRIGHT I try to not to think about the pressure. I don't want any more pressure on me. I just want to pitch... ADAM WAINWRIGHT I learned a lot from him. ADAM WAINWRIGHT I go in thinking about whatever they'll let me do at the big-league level. You never know what happe... ADAM WAINWRIGHT For the most part my year went pretty good. I had a couple abysmal starts that really ruined my stat... ADAM WAINWRIGHT If I play a bad round, which I've been having lately, Mulder will let me have it. I've heard his who... ADAM WAINWRIGHT JOHN WAINWRIGHT The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man'... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest. COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT I love stuff as much as the next guy, but Ive come to understand that, regardless of the cost of a... COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even th... COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Even the great get greater by doing more of it. COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Reading is no substitute for action. COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works. COLLEEN WAINWRIGHT That's probably how dentistry was in the 1800s, before they had anesthetics. That's how I felt. JERRY WAINWRIGHT We're not mature enough yet. But to be 7-4 [with our strong] schedule ... speaks an awful lot about ... JERRY WAINWRIGHT I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying th... MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Displaying a bland, even an eerie, disregard for what appeared to be the facts of the situation, he ... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT We never gave ourselves a chance to win. But I don't think we have despair in our game; it's frustra... JERRY WAINWRIGHT Whenever that phone rings, I'm always looking. I could be going in in the fifth inning or the fourth... ADAM WAINWRIGHT Shooting percentages can be misleading. Their steals led directly to baskets. I think they've done t... JERRY WAINWRIGHT They humbled us on the glass. JERRY WAINWRIGHT The game was dictated at the free-throw line. You can't miss 11 and win at this level. JERRY WAINWRIGHT Sammy played 38 minutes against their best player and never once [complained]. He did everything we ... JERRY WAINWRIGHT You're going to be in front of full arenas from now on. I think you have to make that another whole ... JERRY WAINWRIGHT There are some incredible swings this season. More so than I've ever seen. JERRY WAINWRIGHT They're (Wake Forest) going to have a terrific year, and obviously this is a great confidence builde... JERRY WAINWRIGHT The only thing I would say is that when you play Wake, you have to pick your poison. We tried to clo... JERRY WAINWRIGHT The biggest thing, when you play teams like this, you've got to stand in the middle of the ring. You... JERRY WAINWRIGHT His ankle is really not swollen, but we have to get it evaluated, both he and Marlon. JERRY WAINWRIGHT Adversity is only yet another means to remind us of 'How Truly Awsome We All Are'! W.O. WAINWRIGHT I wanted to be heard myself, which is hard in a household of people who were very showy. It forced m... MARTHA WAINWRIGHT I certainly hope it will do what people say that it will do, WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. ... RUFUS SEWELL RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I c... RUFUS SEWELL ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole glo... RUFUS KING ALLAN RUFUS I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays... RUFUS SEWELL RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE The key part of your brand is a quality product. Creating exceptional content is the number one thin... RUFUS GRISCOM I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and... RUFUS SEWELL Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people. RUFUS JONES The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all. ANNELI RUFUS People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got ... RUFUS SEWELL Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that ... RUFUS SEWELL We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Ov... ANNELI RUFUS It has been said 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'. This statement is most assuredly... RUFUS RHODEN This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control. RUFUS KING I'm not crazy, I'm sanity challenged. RUFUS RHODEN I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I ... RUFUS SEWELL We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called.... ANNELI RUFUS And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the ... ANNELI RUFUS Life is like a box of chocolates, it mostly tastes like shit. RUFUS RHODEN There are two kinds of people I don't like being around, stupid people and ugly people. I guess that... RUFUS RHODEN RUFUS CHOATE RUFUS CHOATE Good or evil? It's really just a matter of perspective. RUFUS RHODEN The new age cannot live on naturalism or on secularism. Life becomes sterile and futile without the ... RUFUS JONES Feast of Mark the Evangelist The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, engaged al... RUFUS JONES ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS ALLAN RUFUS They say isolation drives you crazy. Sure it does - when you can't get enough of it. ANNELI RUFUS Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob ... ANNELI RUFUS I'd like an omelet named after me. RUFUS SEWELL When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so m... RUFUS SEWELL Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I&#... RUFUS SEWELL I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got ... RUFUS SEWELL ALLAN RUFUS I think if you lower the limits on money it would encourage our elected officials to get into their ... RUFUS JONES The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte immine... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sed... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subes... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an
unchangeable law through the eternal ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum inc... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mor... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one
cautious enough to resist the effects of ... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.] QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.] QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat.,... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS (CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS) Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS But few prize honour more than money. QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntu... QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS CURTIS RUFUS QUINTUS I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainl... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III When you start your career, you have to figure out a way to separate yourself from the pack. So I we... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. ... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school. LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III I think I'm great. I mean, I might as well come out and say it. Like most people, I have an ego ... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tune... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sens... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destr... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Los Angeles, the sun shines a lot, and it's blue, and there's palm trees; it's a bit lik... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're tita... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS RUFUS M. JONES QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS RUFUS M. JONES Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our ... GENERAL JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT A book is the only immortality. RUFUS CHOATE EDWARD YOUNG
There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don&... 
I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really ... 
The movie industry can be tricky and occasionally creepy, and I have this sense that the music indus... 
You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... 
It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied wi... 
I don't think so, but it's always in the back of my mind that many of the soldiers being wou... 
I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my mu... 
Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wa... 
At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. ... 
I think you'll do as well as most professionals. Most professionals don't beat the market. L... 
I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that ... 
I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are Go... 
It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that'... 
For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a ... 
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the doug... 
If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I ha... 
Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me. 
I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge musi... 
I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do thin... 
It's just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means 'for now.' 
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her be... 
My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I dou... 
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin... 
My liberty is about living. It's about spreading more love. Even though I was always a peaceful,... 
As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or w... 
I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... 
I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anythi... 
I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition again... 
I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as... 
I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lin... 
Since music is so important to me, I don't need to put in any extra effort to do this; it just f... 
Music TV in the U.K. is disappearing. 'Top Of The Pops,' 'CD:UK' and shows like that... 
I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As fo... 
To me, country music's about life. It's about Monday through Friday. It's the blue-colla... 
To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don&... 
For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for h... 
I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's someth... 
I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... 
I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. I... 
One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it ... 
I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha... 
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me. 
There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my indu... 
I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can ... 
This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do... 
Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write ... 
I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn&... 
There's definitely been moments in my life, even recently, where I've taken chances or spoke... 
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the stor... 
You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, ... 
I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to tho... 
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. 
We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music of the Unio... 
We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution. 
Life is like a sandwich!
Life is like a game of chess.
A book is the only immortality. 
Quotes and notes to self- Divine and Unique Power
Fear makes men believe the worst. 
There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. 
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. 
Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 The great wonder is ...