Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwrightis a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. She was raised in a musical family along with her older brother, Rufus Wainwright, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 May 1976
CountryUnited States of America
running people unattainable
I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.
people tears stage
I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.
jobs people one-day
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.
guitar people personality
I wanted to be heard myself, which is hard in a household of people who were very showy. It forced me to find myself and define a personality and a way of being different, and that's a thing that's going to help me to survive in a world of many people playing the guitar.
writing people feelings
I have learned to write about things that are personal without objectifying anybody or anything, and that's been an important lesson for me. It's useful not to dump on people while simultaneously expressing a truth or a feeling if it's necessary, without diluting the intensity of the lyric.
love girl teenager
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.
artist needs sitting
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.
mother adults kind
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.
mother thinking alive
I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.
beautiful interesting might
I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!
talking
I don't like talking about music.
kids being-a-woman neglect
Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.
coquette cards kind
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.
relationship giving willing
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.