Quotes
Here are my favorite Rufus quotes.

 "In St. Louis, I opened for Barenaked Ladies at this huge arena, and there were these guys in front of the stage yelling 'faggot'. (pause) It was just weird, because that had never happened before and I was unprepared. Plus, I didn't have my faggot-y redneck-repellant gear on that day!"

"I, like, would run into walls and stuff. I was INSANE."  Rufus talking about his childhood

"you'll never love me when I'm REALLY famous." talking to Jimmy Fallon about fame...

"Mowing your lawn is against nature!" Rufus in response to Rev. Sheldon's comment about homosexuality being against nature

"The body parts don't fit? Oh, THEY FIT!" Rufus in response to Sheldon's
comment about the 'body parts not fitting---'

"It's like David and Goliath: This record will be a well-polished
stone thrown at the forehead of the seven-headed . . . um . . . four-,
five-headed monster known as the Backstreet Boys. How many of them are
there?" Rufus on "pop" music like the Backstreet Boys.

"Frank Sinatra has passed on the torch to me. but little did he know that
he'd be passing it on to a gay opera queen"

"Let the little fairy in you fly!"

"Whenever you're different than anybody, you'll stay ahead"

"It was like being poisoned, intoxicated, hooked, I started spending all my mad money on opera recordings. The records themselves were so wonderful, these big box sets with librettos. You'd open them up and fall into this world where you didn't always know exactly what was going on,
but you could imagine it because it was so visual. I'd found my calling: I would be a classical composer and revive opera." Rufus on Opera and discovering it when he was younger.

"I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older, until I drop dead of beauty."

"Oh...well, I just thought that with the overwhelming beauty and power of my voice, maybe it'd cracked... It happens all the time!". - Rufus after asking whether the bass had cracked.

"All of you girly singing boys: Come out of the woodwork. Don't be scared, it's OK, you can sing. We'll start some sort of war between the gangsta rappers and the little singing boys."

"I really fall for straight guys...I almost like it more. This is terrible but basically, I just don't want to be married. Unless it's really exciting. I just like the thrill of the chase more than getting the prize itself. I like to be a bit of the shit disturber...the home wrecker, the whore, the bad guy."

"I must admit, it's great being a poster boy!"

"Wait , hold on, I gotta start the bridge again, I forgot the words. uh.
cause I was thinking of the naked boy."

"This is about forbidden love of
cowboys, cause you know they're all fucking each other, the minute you turn your back."

"But Sting's 16-year-old son is so gorgeous - he brought him out last night - now I'm dying to be friends with Sting so I can molest his children"

"Listening to hip-hop, they feel like a target, and as for boy bands, where they're all 35: I intend to save girls from the peril of those big, slimy thugs."

"There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable."

"Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls. There was a time when singers were more into enlightening audiences than telling them what to wear."

"I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin."

"I usually wake up around three and sit at the piano completely naked and play for two or three hours. That gets the juices flowing. Then I dress and go eat after starving myself. I wait until I'm completely delirious. I can't say that Twenty-third Street is my favorite area, so I'd walk with
my very low blood sugar all the way to Tompkins Square Park and, on the edge of death, order some pirogue. It's a good way to stay thin."

"My butt doesn't HAVE any complaints" - Rufus before singing 'Complainte de la Butte'

"I really don't have a type. I'm pretty much across the board. I like young guys, but sometimes I feel like being rushed away by some older guy, and sometimes I like to have the whole football team over."

"Thank you for putting up with my.... Elizabeth Taylor tendencies."

"Yeaup, just get up there and do the next s...*oop* monitors!!! oh sorry sorry. monitors... I don't mean to sound...... poopy"

"Everybody's just so paranoid about everything."

"I went to see Moulin Rouge last night and I want to be in the sequel where Ewan McGregor realizes he's gay and we can do a duet together on top of the Eiffel Tower or something."

From an interview:
What excites you the most?
"Looking at myself at a distance, naked, in a mirror: but only at a distance."

What is your favorite journey?
"Down some boy's pants!"

What aspect of the world would you most like to change?
"More than anything I'd like to end hypocrisy. I hate hypocrisy, of all sorts. I hate people who are rich and pretend to be generous and I hate people who are poor and pretend to be rich."

Where is the most exciting place you've ever had sex?
It was in a car and it was really good and the windows got all fogged up and that was kind of hot.
What would you most likely be arrested for doing?
Having sex in a car!

Which of your accomplishments are you most proud of?
I would have to say my hair.

Summerfest quote
"You guys are very...... WHITE! You should get my black fans to come out and see me!"

"I started out with such a big head that I don't know how much bigger it could get. It's kinda like a cathedral space in there, just waiting to be filled."

"I don't really have a relationship with the guitar: It's like my slutty lover, whereas I'm married to the piano."

"Because I'm from Canada, everybody asks if I like hockey. I don't...but I like hockey players."

Interviewer: Are you resentful toward your parents for naming you Rufus?
Rufus: "I'm resentful toward my parents for not giving birth to a porn star."

"I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park."

"I've done a lot of sexual exploring -- a lot. I'm like a sexual Captain Nemo"

"Have a great gay fox, I mean guy fawkes day! oh dear, its a gay fox day everyday for me!"