Rufus Wainwright Quotes:
Ocupation: Singer
Life: b. July 22, 1973
Birthday: July 22
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.
topic: Mother, Home, Self, Verdi, Requiem
