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I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.

Marianne Faithfull

Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I’ve had lots of shocks because it’s as though I don’t learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Growing Lessons Up Wake
I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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Capricorns Flower Late
The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Firsts Opera Singing
I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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Father Horror Said
I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Stars Thinking Want
The food that’s never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn’t a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I’m there and bring it back with me.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

London Paris Syrup
It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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Cancer Extraordinary Way
I went to the big Picasso retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, and I think I went to an Andy Warhol retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, too. My mother was very good at taking me to things like that. We lived in Reading, but we went on these cultural trips to London.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Mother Reading Thinking
For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn’t. I don’t think it really is for most people anyway. Most people are not very happy.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

May People Thinking
I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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Frightened Get Ill Like
When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn’t want any rich man.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Men Mother Want
When you are 18, 19, 20, you’re used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Feedback Narcissism Way
I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Ashamed Father Mother
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music – I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter – that I got from my dad.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Classical Dad Music Parent
I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Beautiful Beautiful Life Show Business
I’d love to make more money in America, that’s the heart of it. I make much more money in Europe. It’s a shame. I’m trying now to make a profit on this next tour, and I’ll be much happier.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Heart Shame Trying

I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.

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I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.

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