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Martha Wainwright

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Singer-songwriter

Martha Wainwright is a talented singer-songwriter known for her unique voice and poignant lyrics. Born on May 8, 1976, she is the granddaughter of the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. Wainwright's musical style blends folk, jazz, and pop elements, and her songs often delve into themes of love, family, and social issues.

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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.”

Giving Relationship Willing

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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.”

Kind Given Cards Coquette

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

Hard Kids Bits Neglect Being A Woman Having Kids

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“I don't like talking about music.”

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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.”

People Running Fool Tendencies Unattainable Uninterested

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

Might Beautiful Interesting Very Interesting

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

Thinking Mother Alive Worried

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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.”

Kind Mother Adults Died Misfits Mother Died

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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.'”

Needs Today Artist Hours Four Sitting Okay Sitting Down

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

Trying Long Term Ability Careers Skills Long Term

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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.”

Feelings Hurt Tendencies Envelopes Hurting Someone

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“I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.”

People Stage Tears Uncomfortable

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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.”

Firsts Husband Shadow My Family My Husband

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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.”

People World Way Different Hard Helping Wanted Heard Personality Guitar Help Me Household Being Different Showy

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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.”

Ifs Knows Children Persons Used Night Left Rooms Dad Guitar My Dad Used To Be Legacy Hotel Realising Venues Hotel Rooms

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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.”

Way Different Wanted Interesting Childhood Brother My Way My Brother Intriguing

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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.”

People Knows Firsts Jobs Asks One Day Ask Me

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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.”

Trying Happens Wanted Track Motherhood

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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.”

Writing Seems Song

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“I have learned to write about things that are personal without objectifying anybody or anything, and that's been an important lesson for me. It's useful not to dump on people while simultaneously expressing a truth or a feeling if it's necessary, without diluting the intensity of the lyric.”

People Ifs Writing Important Feelings Lessons Intensity I Have Learned Dump Important Lessons Objectifying

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“I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.”

School Actors Fun Acting Stage College Musician

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“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.”

Ifs Way Years Mean Hard Bigs Deals Records One Thing Rocks Prove Elements My Family Hard Times Punk Hung Scratches Punk Rock Differentiate Proving Yourself Having A Hard Time

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“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.”

Feels Kind States Play Used Stuff Bars Enjoyed Australia

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“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!”

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“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 upstairs or wherever, I was writing very specifically about my life or a specific subject matter that's very personal. I've never shied away from that. The vocals and the performance that come after the record, I don't think of that as confessional, but the core of the music is completely. It makes sense that people would see that as being the main thing. I guess not everyone is able to speak so candidly.”

People Thinking Writing Art Reality Song Speak Painting Music Is Make Sense

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“Divorce is not an issue. That's people's lives! So, I don't like to be too puffed up about the importance of family. It's going to be tough and it changes as time goes by. I don't know. I just don't think it should be made an issue.”

Thinking Tough Importance Divorce Time Goes By

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“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 of gypsies, and it makes sense.”

Fighting Winning Embrace Make Sense Gypsy

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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.”

People Love Trying Age Young Used Girl Shame Teenager Young Women Pursued

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About the Author

Born: May 8, 1976
Known for: Singer-songwriter
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