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
I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. — 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
I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me. — 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
I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
What I love about my daughter is that she is going to definitely allow me and force me to change my life… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had… — 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
