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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 a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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Capricorns Flower Late
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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May People Thinking
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
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
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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Career Groovy Men Rich
I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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Hard Knows Trusted
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
It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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Cancer Extraordinary Way
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
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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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Father Horror Said
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 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 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
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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Delay Sound Touring

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