'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
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
The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I've developed a bit of a fascination with John Denver. I always thought he was kind of tacky and somewhat revolting and… — 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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Being with the president’s daughter, no matter who the president is, you are connected to the most powerful political force on earth,… — 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… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Arguably, the relationship between Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland is one of the great mother-daughter sagas of all time. Certainly, for certain… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do - unless we want… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. For me,… — 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
