Rufus Wainwright Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even if it meant just sitting on my piano bench, staring into space and thinking about it. It's about keeping it regular, like your bowel movements - let's get real: it's your bodily artistic movements! It comes from the same place.”

“I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career.”

“My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'.”

“I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.”

“It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.”

“The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.”

“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.”

“I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.”

“I have this horrible, horrible habit of going on YouTube and checking out comments about what I do.”

“After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself.”