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Rupert Holmes is a renowned composer known for his musical compositions and songwriting. Born on February 24, 1947, his work has had a profound impact on the music industry since the 1970s.

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Famous Rupert Holmes Quotes

“I'm sure there is such a thing as love at first sight, although I suspect many people recall it more in retrospect than experience it in their initial encounter. But I do believe in seeing someone in a different light for a first time, suddenly realizing that this person you've been passing in the hall for months is someone you might be prepared to share your life with, even though the previous day you'd barely given them a thought, or at least a conscious one.”

Love Love At First Sight

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“Sadly, lessons taught by that cruel mentor Failure are often the most bitterly learned and vividly remembered. [Dean Harbinger Harrow]”

Learning Failure

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“The only law I'd ever knowingly broken was white wine with steak...”

Law Food Wine Food Humor

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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.”

Knows Writing Song Asks Drivers Songwriters Cab Cab Drivers

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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 wasnt even in the running for failure!”

Firsts Running Critics Albums Wide Screens Copies Darling

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“Kipling said that Success and Failure are both imposters, and we should all listen to Kipling, if only because none of us are likely to know anybody else named Rudyard. But having been bitten in my life 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.”

Ifs Knows Should Said Victory Add Defeat Ice Cream Ice Cream Success And Failure Imposter Victory And Defeat Kipling Pecans

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“I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.”

Want Facts Wanted

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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.”

Giving Real Character Type Proud Miracle Give Me Faster Royalty

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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.”

Firsts Form Found Careers First Time Exciting Busy Mediums Vacation Intrigue

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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.”

Rain Caught Champagne Health Food

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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.”

Way Trying Mind May Character Audience Knowing Comedy Behave Consolation Outrageous Dilemma Amusing Farce

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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.”

Years Careers Audience Members Triumph Performing Aggravation

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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.”

Years Has Beens Shows Actors Fun Audience Mystery Elements Theatre Actors And Audience

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“I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.”

Firsts Musical

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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.”

Thinking World Writing Interesting

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“A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.”

Stories Song Careers Narrative Plot

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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.”

Way Writing Stills Earth Song Rocks Tvs Truth Is Clubs Singers Guarantees Halls Concerts Teens Songwriters Arena Singer Songwriters Guarantees That

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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.”

Long Together Song Relationship Tired Worn Worn Out Favorite Song

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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.”

Ifs Quality Making Love Midnight Capes

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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.”

Way Want I Can Low Self Esteem

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About the Author

Born: February 24, 1947
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 20

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