I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLIt’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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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 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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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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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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Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I’ve had lots of shocks because it’s as though I don’t learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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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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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 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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