In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow! Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I’ve always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There’d always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere ‘Over the Rainbow’. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
There’s prejudice everywhere. I don’t think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it’s the music that rules the roost. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work could fit very nicely into musicals, though. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
I definitely try to broaden the scope of music. I don’t know if it’s pop or classical or what, but I’m religiously challenging myself all the time, for better or for worse. Rufus Wainwright Read Quote
