Rufus Wainwright Quotes

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

When you get to my age, and I'm 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realise that, it doesn't bother you much.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe.

I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

Age wins and one must learn to grow old.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter.

I was 30 when I did 'The Matrix.' When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved - it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

The older you get, the farther from the camera you need to be.

I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

Anyone of my age knows that days pass at a far greater speed than when they were young.

I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going.

In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old.