Martha Wainwright Quotes

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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…
• 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 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…
• Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.
• I don't like talking about music.
• I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.
• I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!
• I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.
• 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…
• 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'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.
• I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.
• I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.
• 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.
• 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…
• I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be…
• 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…
• 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…

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