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 w…

- Martha Wainwright

I don't like talking about music.

- Martha Wainwright

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. …

- Martha Wainwright

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…

- Martha Wainwright

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…

- Martha Wainwright

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

- Martha Wainwright

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

- Martha Wainwright

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 …

- Martha Wainwright

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 re…

- Martha Wainwright