Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

— Rufus Wainwright

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.

— Rufus Wainwright

I love being not cool.

— Rufus Wainwright

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

— Rufus Wainwright

I'm very much a romantic. I'm highly attuned to an older sensibility, which I believe is alive and well. We're not that far ahead of the Romantic Age in society.

— Rufus Wainwright

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless its heavy metal. People do not like death.

— Rufus Wainwright

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

— Rufus Wainwright

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

— Rufus Wainwright

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

— Rufus Wainwright

My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.

— Rufus Wainwright