Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.
Rufus WainwrightThere's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.
Rufus WainwrightI've developed a bit of a fascination with John Denver. I always thought he was kind of tacky and somewhat revolting and had a kind of simplistic weirdness, but on second listen, he actually did have an incredible voice, and the blatant naiveté of his work is straight-edge, in a way.
Rufus WainwrightWhy be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?
Rufus Wainwright