I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLWhen I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn’t want any rich man.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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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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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 never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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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 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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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.
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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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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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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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If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
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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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