255 Quotes by Rufus Wainwright

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.

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

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.

I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.