As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.
Rufus WainwrightI strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind the writing in the sonnets, and it's very real because it's so deeply personal. I try to aspire to that in what I do.
Rufus WainwrightWhen I was signed, at the age of 23...the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.
Rufus WainwrightThe artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.
Rufus Wainwright