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
motherhood track trying
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.
mean hard-times rocks
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.
play australia bars
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.
song writing way
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!
hurt feelings envelopes
I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.
people tears stage
I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.
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.
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.
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 thinking alive
I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.