I’m sick of being self-referential. I don’t want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLThe first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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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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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’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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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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 think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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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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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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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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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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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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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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