I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I don't want to hold you and feel so helpless I don't want to smell you and lose my senses And smile… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I definitely was always expected and encouraged to be a songwriter from a very young age, ... But really it's because, as… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
