It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLPenitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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 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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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 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 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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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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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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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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’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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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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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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I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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