There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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The equipment you’ve got really dictates what you’re going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.
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If I let myself sink into depression, I won’t be able to get out. And then I’ll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.
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All I can say is I’ve been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, ‘You’re very good.’
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I want to do movies, but I want to do something that’s good. I don’t want to make any more films until I feel that I’m ready for it. I want to have good work, and a very elegant life. I believe you get what you want.
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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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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.
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When you split from someone, it doesn’t have to mean that you don’t love them anymore, you realize that the period of that particular romance is over. One always has to get out before one gets kicked out.
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It’s always a good idea to get yourself a famous, rich, and groovy young man. That’s one of the best-known methods of furthering your career.
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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.
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If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
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I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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There is a land that I can go to When I have time to rest. All the people I love are there And those who love me best.
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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it’s not lived drawing on a full level. I’m relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.
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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.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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I’ve got quite a good brain and all that, which I’ve never had to use in singing at all.
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I’m sick of being self-referential. I don’t want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
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Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you’ll do to the next person you’re involved with, if you get half a chance.
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