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 FAITHFULLI’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.
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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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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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 never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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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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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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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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I’ve got quite a good brain and all that, which I’ve never had to use in singing at all.
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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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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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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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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 interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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