I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.
Rufus Wainwright
My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone.... →
The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.
There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.
Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She... →
I love being not cool.
'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.
That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there... →
When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she... →