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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.

Marianne Faithfull

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 FAITHFULL

Beautiful Beautiful Life Show Business
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Growing Lessons Up Wake
I’m sick of being self-referential. I don’t want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Self Sick Song
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

London Paris Syrup
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Classical Dad Music Parent
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Doctors Nails Skins
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Delay Sound Touring
I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Father Horror Said
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 FAITHFULL

Done Half Involvement Next
When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn’t want any rich man.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Men Mother Want
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Believe Film Good Ready Something
I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Death Fame Things
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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Drawing Levels Nice
It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Cancer Extraordinary Way
If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Bad Times Wanted
Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Country People Regret Stupid

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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