“In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.”

Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He is known for his distinctive pop work and for moving comfortably between popular music and classical composition. He has released eleven studio albums, along with many recordings that appear on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare’s sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.