Rufus Wainwright Quotes

When I Was Young, My Mother [folk Singer Kate McGarrigle] Brought Home This Recording Of Verdi's Requiem And We Listened To It From Top To Bottom. By The End Of It, I Was A Completely Different Person. It Was Literally A Requiem Mass For My Former Self. I Was About 12 Or 13. The Requiem Just Totally Hooked Into What I Was Going Through Emotionally - Discovering My Sexuality Right At The Time When AIDS Was Devastating My Community And Dealing With Intense Parental Situations.

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