26 Quotes by Martha Wainwright

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'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 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.

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

I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I don't like talking about music.

Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.

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.