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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLThe 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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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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 think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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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 glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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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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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’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’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.
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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 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 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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