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
daughter powerful alcohol
Being with the president's daughter, no matter who the president is, you are connected to the most powerful political force on earth, and that's scary. And when you mix crystal meth and alcohol with that, it's...kind of exciting. A little too exciting.
fabulous mundane i-can
I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.
morning light evil
All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.
rip father cutting
In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.
video habit walks
Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.
fun opportunity years
My love of classical hit pretty early. I was 13 when it occurred, and that was really the only music I listened to for many, many years. I went to a conservatory, but I always knew I would be in the pop world, because A) it was more fun and B) you didn't have to practice as much and you could go out more. But I immediately saw this opportunity to inject my material with these sounds that most members of my generation really didn't know about, so it was a great way to differentiate myself from the pack.
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.
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.
jumping boots forests
I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
singing mahler sibelius
I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.
profound relax wish
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.
habit youtube checking-out
I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.
fun growing-up years
Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn bits and pieces of what was going on over time. There's something about it being always a step away that makes it more fun to chase.
life true-love love-is
Life is a game and true love is a trophy.