I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLPenitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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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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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
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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.
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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.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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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 am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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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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