“You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.”

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.