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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLFor 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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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I’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.
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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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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.
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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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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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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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 think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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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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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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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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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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 am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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