255 Quotes by Rufus Wainwright

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

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.

I just think it’s better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier, people die for them, people kill for them.

I think I’ve done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

The mind has so many pictures Why can’t I sleep with my eyes open? The mind has so many memories Can you remember what it looks like when I cry? I’m trying, trying to tell you All that I can in a sweet and velvet tongue But no words ever could sell you Sell you on me after all that I have done.

I’m hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.

Well, my great lesson with that was I went to the same production twice – once completely high and once completely sober – and both times were equally wonderful.

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.

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.