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.
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.
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When 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.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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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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I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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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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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’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 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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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 think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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