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Famous Quotes By Rupert Holmes

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The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. — Rupert Holmes

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Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize. — Rupert Holmes

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Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death. — Rupert Holmes

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I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited. — Rupert Holmes

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I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations. — Rupert Holmes

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I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971. — Rupert Holmes

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A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes

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Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into Champagne. — Rupert Holmes

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But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasn't even in the running for failure! — Rupert Holmes

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In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my performing career. — Rupert Holmes

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If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape. — Rupert Holmes

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I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything. — Rupert Holmes

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If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape. — Rupert Holmes

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I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in a way that the audience finds amusing, the characters themselves don't have the consolation of knowing they're in a comedy. — Rupert Holmes

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I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us. — Rupert Holmes

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As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to a theatre to see a show about going to a theatre and what that relationship between actors and audiences has been for years. — Rupert Holmes

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I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song. — Rupert Holmes

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I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty. — Rupert Holmes