"People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist."

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The pop world is popular, and it's about what the people want and connecting to the masses, whereas opera, although it was once popular - and I still believe it can be - it has become very elitist and intellectual, but that certainly doesn't sell tickets. It's a struggle, but I've always embraced struggle and thrived off of it, so it's the way my life needs to go.

— Rufus Wainwright