I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse. Rufus Wainwright More Quotes by Rufus Wainwright More Quotes From Rufus Wainwright When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that. Rufus Wainwright firewritingsong You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else. Rufus Wainwright degreesartistanswers One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go Rufus Wainwright pianodadglasses 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. Rufus Wainwright passionthank-youthinking And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine. Rufus Wainwright left-behindblinddream Somebody curse the light And take me far away from myself Rufus Wainwright cursefar-awaylight My cheeks explode when I smile. Thats why I have to look so nonplussed. Rufus Wainwright cheeksi-smilelooks In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow! Rufus Wainwright evilwinningbelieve I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, 'As long as you're seriously working on music, I'll support you. Don't get a job, because if you work, it will crush you. Rufus Wainwright crushmomsong I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world? Rufus Wainwright believeworldneeds Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you. Rufus Wainwright moonworldneeds I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. Rufus Wainwright sibeliusmahlersinging But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction. Rufus Wainwright artistwant Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls. Rufus Wainwright soulmonsters I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano Rufus Wainwright pianoguitarlovers I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish. Rufus Wainwright snacksblackcoffee The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist. Rufus Wainwright hedonisticartistyoung But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall Rufus Wainwright biblicalwallthinking I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast. Rufus Wainwright closetsteethcutting 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. Rufus Wainwright falling-in-lovedrinkingdream
