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Rupert Holmes
(English Composer)

Date of Birth:: February 24, 1947
Nationality:: English
Quote count:: 18
Times favorited:: 0

Rupert Holmes is an American and British composer, singer, songwriter and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape" in 1979, his Tony Award winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood and his more recent Broadway musical Curtains.

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Rupert Holmes

“For me, the most memorable adventures are still the perils that we face daily in life and love, from the mundane to the meaningful. Where the comedy is often at our own expense, but where the drama, even if painful, reminds us that we are living and feeling here in the real time, with the ever-recurring possibility that this latest chapter will end with new understanding, hope and perhaps even happiness.”

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Rupert Holmes

“I grew up watching Burns and Allen on TV. They did some amazing things on the TV show, they did surreal things. Gracie would be conspiring with her neighbor Blanche to put something over on George.”

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“I'd been a cult singer-songwriter generally well-regarded by some of the better vocalists and journalists of the seventies. Suddenly, a mass audience perceived me as a troubadour who'd dedicated his life to extolling the virtues of pineapple-based beverages.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Rupert Holmes

“Where the Truth Lies”

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Rupert Holmes

“Kevin was very nice at the Q&A after the movie. He told the audience to go and get the book,”

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Rupert Holmes

“He read it in a ring binder, ... He said he thought the setting was fascinating, but he also liked the co-dependencies of the characters.”

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“To my knowledge, there's never been a duo of a brash American and a polite Brit and it's kind of an interesting dynamic for a comedy team, ... I think Colin and Kevin could always fall back on that if they have to.”

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Rupert Holmes

“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.”

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