RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

pop singer-pianist

“I was really into Al Jolson when I was a little kid. And the Everly Brothers. And then I got into opera when I was really young, probably about 14.

“But I think that the first album that I went out and actually bought was Men Without Hats. They were from Canada, you know. It was either that or the disco version of the Star Wars theme -- you know, one of those really weird disco albums.”