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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI 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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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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 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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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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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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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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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 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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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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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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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