“My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a...” — Rufus Wainwright Quote

“My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'.”

“Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.”

“I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.”

“Sometimes I make it to parties and sometimes I don't. Social life is always something you can go back to.”

“Usually I have to leave parties early - just when the action is beginning.”

“I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken.”