My mother’s songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I’d much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do – unless we want to get more decrepit. I don’t think we have to destroy the place totally. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
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 out. I’ve never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I’ve accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I’ve written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that’s because I think I’m Christina Aguilera. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills – unless it’s heavy metal. People do not like death. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
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. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
