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If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.

Marianne Faithfull

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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Classical Dad Music Parent
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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Self Sick Song
All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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All Country Do People Right
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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Drawing Levels Nice
Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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Country People Regret Stupid
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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Body Done Lucky
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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Land People Travel
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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Men Mother Want
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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Able Light Trust Unhappy
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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Beautiful Beautiful Life Show Business
I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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Ashamed Father Mother
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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Mother Reading Thinking
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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Believe Film Good Ready Something
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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London Paris Syrup
If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
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Bad Times Wanted
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.
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Done Half Involvement Next

If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.

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