Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwrightis an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer. He has recorded seven albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth22 July 1973
CityRhinebeck, NY
CountryCanada
jesus giving-up years
I'm 33 and in my "Jesus year," and I want it all right now. I want a perfect body. I want to have a perfect love affair. I want every member of my family to be healthy and happy. And I want the world to save itself and for America to realize that it has to give up its idea of being an empire. Wait until I hit 40; then it'll all come crumbling down.
art new-york believe
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.
stars parent serious
My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.
rip father cutting
In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.
age rewards needs
You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.
longing decrepit reverence
I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic.
aunt my-boyfriend care
Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.
gold bricks existence
I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.
lying ability
I personally don't have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.
ambition gaga
I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.
faces
I have a good face for what I do.
song missing elements
I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.
attitude littles albums
If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.
father player guitar
I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.