Rufus Wainwright

American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer · United States · Musicians · Born 1973 · age 53

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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.

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2020“Nothing eviscerates the ego like becoming a parent. For a pop star, that’s not the easiest thing. But it’s led to a complete realignment of priorities for me.”In their wordsOn how becoming a parent has changed his perspective in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19)Read the whole statement

“I’ve always been an old soul. I started drinking when I was very young. I got into opera when I was 13. I sought out older musicians.”In their wordsOn being an old soul in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19)Read the whole statement

“Grief is unexplainable. My mother has now been dead for 10 years. I only put my grief for her on the shelf when about five years had gone by. I felt as if I’d passed my exams.”In their wordsOn the impact of his mother’s death even years later in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19)Read the whole statement

2008GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak AwardAward2007“Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.”In their words25 February 2007Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium DVD, filmed February 25, 2007Read the whole statement

1973Born22 July 1973

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Wainwright in concert in Chicago

Wainwright in 2008

Wainwright and his husband, German arts administrator Jörn Weisbrodt, in 2010

Wainwright at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006

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Rufus Wainwright

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Nothing eviscerates the ego like becoming a parent. For a pop star, that’s not the easiest thing. But it’s led to a complete realignment of priorities for me.
2020, On how becoming a parent has changed his perspective in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19), Own words
I’ve always been an old soul. I started drinking when I was very young. I got into opera when I was 13. I sought out older musicians.
2020, On being an old soul in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19), Own words
Grief is unexplainable. My mother has now been dead for 10 years. I only put my grief for her on the shelf when about five years had gone by. I felt as if I’d passed my exams.
2020, On the impact of his mother’s death even years later in “Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’” in The Guardian (2020 Apr 19), Own words