“There was a lot of very bad stuff going on and I immediately realized at one point it wasn’t me. So I said, ‘I’m going to leave,’ and I very dramatically announced to the orgy, ‘I am going back to society and I want to live!’ I went out and then I got about a block away and I realized I had forgotten my wallet and I had to go back! That was so pathetic.” – Rufus Wainwright on swapping orgies for opera in an interview with contactmusic.com.