Martha Wainwright Quotes

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I was not that pretty a girl and I was never pursued as a teenager or young woman, so I was used to having no shame and trying to get people to love me.

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.

Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.

I tried to find a way out in many ways, but it all caught up with me. Once I realised I could sing and write songs, it was just so much easier to do than anything else!

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

You have to be willing to give a lot to be in a relationship with me because a lot of the time it's about me.

I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

My childhood definitely revolved around my relationship with my brother. I wanted to be different. I wanted to find my way of being as intriguing and interesting as he was.

It can often happen that motherhood can really stop a lot of women in their tracks and I wanted to try and keep working through that as much as I could.

You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

I don't like talking about music.

It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.