Martha Wainwright quotes
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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 WainwrightSource : Source: thequietus.com
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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.”
-- Martha WainwrightSource : Source: thequietus.com
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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.”
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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.”
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“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 his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.”
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“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.”
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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.”
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“I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.”
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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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“I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.”
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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.”
-- Martha WainwrightSource : "Martha Wainwright Makes a Home". Interview with Erin Brady, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2012.
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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.”
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“I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.”
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“I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!”
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“I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.”
-- Martha WainwrightSource : "Formerly Known as What's-His-Name's Sister" by Daphne Merkin, www.elle.com. April 20, 2011.
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“I don't like talking about music.”
-- Martha WainwrightSource : "Fire in her belly" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2006.
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“Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.”
-- Martha WainwrightSource : "Rufus and Martha Wainwright on Family Memories, Jealousy, and Fame". Interview with Miranda Siegel, www.vulture.com. February 19, 2013.
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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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“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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“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.”
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