'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
The operas I listen to aren't in English, and I want to listen to my opera after I'm done with it. I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
The pop world is popular, and it's about what the people want and connecting to the masses, whereas opera, although it was… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I was keenly aware that I didn't want to draw on too many typically doomed aspects of the fated singer. Whether it's… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
I'm very blessed, mainly because even though my family is mostly in show business, it's really centered around music. My parents were very successful… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me -… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream, which, of course, ruins it.… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share
