I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI 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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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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.
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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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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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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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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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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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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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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’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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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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I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.
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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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