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 Rufus began playing piano at the age of 6. At 13, he began playing with his mother, sister and aunt in what they called the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. At age 14, he wrote "I'm A-Runnin" and was nominated for a Juno(most promising artist) and a Genie (best song in a film). It is very well known that Rufus has a love for classical music, especially opera. He has expressed composing some of his own opera in the future. When Rufus released his debut solo album Rufus Wainwright, which got amazing reviews from every corner. He amazed the world with his piano, and his talent of songwriting. Three years later, Rufus released Poses which also features the artist's voice and piano playing. In Rufus' words, Poses is about: "Creating a world that I could escape to. During this whole record, I really wasn't in love with anybody, whereas on the last record I was very much in love. So this time out, I was looking for love, and I fell in love with someone who doesn't exist. It's still a very romantic album that deals with human relations and such, but it does it as more of a mythic ideal than as anything that's actually going on in my life." In 2003, Rufus' album, Want One, was released. "I called the album Want," he says, " because it sums up what I want." The first album, titled Want One, indicates that the album is the first of the two installments. Want Two will encompass the remainder of the tracks recorded for his project, and is expected in November of 2004. " Want One is a presentable, accessible entity," Wainwright expalins. " Want Two will have some of the more daunting tracks, the operatic, weird stuff, some heavy numbers that relate to my classical sensibilities." Rufus's music is not only pleasing to hear, but each song is unique in its own way. Every song, whether it is telling a story or just telling his likes or dislikes, shows his lyric writing ability. "The most important thing for me is lyrics. I have to say, honestly, I love Radiohead and a lot of the emotional, romantic bands coming out. But one of the major problems is that I can't understand a word they're saying! So I tried to keep lyrics first and tried to have a little more stealth in terms of song structure and melody. Usually I'll start with a little melody line, and I start singing phonetically, like in fake German. And words slowly appear out of that. Religious people speak in tongues. This is my nonreligious tongue. German can sound so sweet and soft and so harsh at the same time. It's a great language to sing in. Those vowels and those snotty sounds can sound like a kitty's purr."
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