Martha Wainwright Quotes

• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Guitar, People, Personality

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Husband, Shadow, Firsts

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

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  People, Tears, Stage

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• 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.

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  Fighting, Winning, Gypsy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Writing, People, Feelings

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• I don't like talking about music.

  Martha Wainwright

  Talking

  "Fire in her belly" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2006.

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

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  Song, Writing, Seems

  Source: thequietus.com

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• When I listen to my songs, they seem like pieces of music or art, like a painting that you look at. The reality is that, yes, when I wrote the songs upstairs or wherever, I was writing very specifically about my life or a specific subject matter that's very personal. I've never shied away from that. The vocals and the performance that come after the record, I don't think of that as confessional, but the core of the music is completely. It makes sense that people would see that as being the main thing. I guess not everyone is able to speak so candidly.

  Martha Wainwright

  Song, Art, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Fun, School, College

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Love, Girl, Teenager

  "Formerly Known as What's-His-Name's Sister" by Daphne Merkin, www.elle.com. April 20, 2011.

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• 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.'

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  Artist, Sitting Down, Needs

  "Martha Wainwright Makes a Home". Interview with Erin Brady, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2012.

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• Divorce is not an issue. That's people's lives! So, I don't like to be too puffed up about the importance of family. It's going to be tough and it changes as time goes by. I don't know. I just don't think it should be made an issue.

  Martha Wainwright

  Divorce, Thinking, Tough

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Mother, Adults, Kind

  "Martha Wainwright On New Motherhood, And A Mother Lost". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. November 25, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Relationship, Giving, Willing

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• 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.

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  Coquette, Cards, Kind

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• 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!

  Martha Wainwright

  Song, Writing, Way

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

  Martha Wainwright

  Skills, Careers, Long

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

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  Hurt, Feelings, Envelopes

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

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  Beautiful, Interesting, Might

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• I play in bars all the time in the States, so I'm kind of used to it. I've just got off the road with the family in Australia, and I enjoyed it but it feels really good to be getting back to doing this stuff.

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  Play, Australia, Bars

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• If there's one thing that differentiates me from the rest of my family it's the rock element. I hung out with friends who like punk rock a lot. Not getting a big record deal, and having a hard time for years, it means you have to prove yourself and scratch your way up from nothing.

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  Mean, Hard Times, Years

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

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  Kids, Being A Woman, Neglect

  "Rufus and Martha Wainwright on Family Memories, Jealousy, and Fame". Interview with Miranda Siegel, www.vulture.com. February 19, 2013.

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Motherhood, Track, Trying

  Source: thequietus.com

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

  Martha Wainwright

  Mother, Thinking, Alive

  "Martha Wainwright On New Motherhood, And A Mother Lost". "All Things Considered", krvs.org. November 25, 2012.

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• 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.

  Martha Wainwright

  Brother, Interesting, Childhood

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