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 FAITHFULLI 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.
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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I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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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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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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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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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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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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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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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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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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I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that’s it. I’m clean and groomed.
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When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn’t want any rich man.
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