Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you’ll do to the next person you’re involved with, if you get half a chance.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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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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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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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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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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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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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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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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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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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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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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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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