Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces. "

Rufus Wainwright

Related Quotes:

" I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category. "

Rufus Wainwright

" Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic. "

Rufus Wainwright

" You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing. "

Rufus Wainwright

" Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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

" I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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

" 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

" I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully. "

Rufus Wainwright

" Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.' "

Rufus Wainwright

" My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. "

Rufus Wainwright

" My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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

" My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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 was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera! "

Rufus Wainwright

" As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. "

Rufus Wainwright

" Life is a game and true love is a trophy. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I'm a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelites. Millais, Edward Burne-Jones, and I realised recently that my music is Pre-Raphaelite in a certain way, in that it reinvents an older era and romanticises it, puts it in this gilded frame. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I have a good face for what I do. "

Rufus Wainwright

" That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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

" The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even. "

Rufus Wainwright

" I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point. "

Rufus Wainwright

" Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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 time like the present. "

Rufus Wainwright