Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.

Special guests performing at the concert included Joan Wasser Jenni Muldaur and friend and fellow singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. The album ranked No. S.

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22 1973) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson.