I never trusted anybody at all. I don’t know why it was so hard, I just didn’t.
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.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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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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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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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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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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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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There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.
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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 glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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I want to do movies, but I want to do something that’s good. I don’t want to make any more films until I feel that I’m ready for it. I want to have good work, and a very elegant life. I believe you get what you want.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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Relationships 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.
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I’m a Capricorn, and they flower late.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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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 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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