I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLWhen you are 18, 19, 20, you’re used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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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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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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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 once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
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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 interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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Of course I have regrets; I’m not stupid.
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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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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’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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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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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’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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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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