Martha Wainwright Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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'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.”

“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.”

“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.”