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.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI’ve got quite a good brain and all that, which I’ve never had to use in singing at all.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it’s not lived drawing on a full level. I’m relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing ‘Tosca’.
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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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If I let myself sink into depression, I won’t be able to get out. And then I’ll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.
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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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I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn’t like to get ill.
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All I have to do is what’s right for me.
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The 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.
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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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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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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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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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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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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