When she was diagnosed with cancer, when she was 60, my relationship with her changed the conflict and the anger that I had towards her. She created an environment where I was then able to sort of gain confidence through this songwriting style. But it did form me and it did propel me to write in a way that was sort of in your face and was confrontational with a lot of emotion and with vulnerability and anger.
Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright joins to discuss her latest album and new memoir about growing up in a family of rock ‘n’ roll royalty and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, and the music industry.