I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLPenitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it’s not lived drawing on a full level. I’m relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.
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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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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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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 has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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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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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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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’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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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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