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
dream blind left-behind
And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.
thank-you passion thinking
I think my imagination and my passions are still firing away, but it's really the body that starts to make up the rules. It's not a major problem; it's just when you get a little older you realize how much your body thanks you when you are good to it.
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.
albums way next
The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I had this huge gilded album. It was kind of an amazing experience because I didn't intend it to be that way.
defeat glory childbirth
Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.
coffee snacks black
I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.
piano guitar lovers
I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano
struggle blessed successful
I'm very blessed, mainly because even though my family is mostly in show business, it's really centered around music. My parents were very successful in many ways, but they weren't necessarily top of the charts. We were never wealthy because of music. We always had to work and we always had to struggle a little bit, and I think at the end of the day that's been very good for me, because I have a sense of it being very ephemeral.
california life-is
Life is the longest death in California,
jumping boots forests
I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
dream falling-in-love drinking
It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream, which, of course, ruins it. I imagine cradling my lover's head in my lap in a cab in the middle of the night, and drinking champagne in an elegant hotel suite. But life's rarely like that, and I usually end up walking home by myself in the rain.
daughter years three
I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.
powerful love-is winning
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.
numbers dying truth-is
I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well.