Rufus Wainwright Quotes

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'

There hasn't been a great romance in my life.

All my lyrics are about my love life or the lack thereof.

We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.

I have lived in Kentucky all of my life. I am married to my high school sweetheart, David, a local police captain who has no shame in telling his coworkers that he is the inspiration for all of my heroes.

I think I drift toward sad love songs.

I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that.

Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.

I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwriting is concerned because love songs are so banal, and my experience with love is anything but that.

The strongest feelings I've had in my life are when love has gone right and when love has gone bad. And I think strong feelings make good songs.

In 2000, I fell in love. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. It kind of took me over.

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.

When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love.

The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.

I've had a family my entire adult life; I started raising kids when I was 21. I suspect that being part of a family has probably informed my life as a writer as much as anything else has.

Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used it. I've used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they're all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add.

Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.

The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.

The only thing I've ever wanted in my life is to be a mom and a wife.

I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.

As for my personal life, I'd love to start a family of my own. I think I'd make a great dad, and I think shortly I would make a great husband.

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If you've never said anything, there are no sound bites to haunt you when you're crying into a box of Kleenex after it all goes wrong.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.