All I have to do is what’s right for me.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLAll I have to do is what’s right for me.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLRelationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you’ll do to the next person you’re involved with, if you get half a chance.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLIt has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLThe first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLThere 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 FAITHFULLI do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLThe 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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’m sick of being self-referential. I don’t want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, ‘sociologist.’
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLIf you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’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 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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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.
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