When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
In retrospect, I’m really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with ‘Prima Donna’. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can’t seem to get to grips with money. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
To me, songs come of their own volition – and with an open-ended philosophy. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
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. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
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. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
