When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it’s about other people.
PALOMA FAITHI get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
More Paloma Faith Quotes
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I’m surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don’t have any problem telling me I’m acting like an idiot or I’m not that funny.
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I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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I’ve spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
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I’m proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.
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I’m not interested in what other people are doing. That’s their business.
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I lend people money, but I’d never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn’t get it back.
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I’m not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.
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If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won’t do a photo because I wouldn’t want any photographic evidence.
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It’s amazing living alone. I’m very lucky. It’s like a refuge.
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My mum came from nothing and didn’t have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who’ve been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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I’m really into food; it’s one of my favourite things – everything from potato waffles to lobster.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I’m not a free person.
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I don’t overthink when I’m styling. I kind of forgive myself and accept that I will make mistakes. Getting dressed should be a fun experience!
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I think soul is soul. I don’t see new soul as any different to old soul.
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I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway
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I don’t connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
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If I see something that inspires me, I’ll dress like it.
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They’d rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There’s something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I’d love to have that legacy.
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Mum doesn’t like it when I mention that Dad’s a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
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My mum’s always on at me to have children and blames ‘that stupid stage thing you do’ for me not already having a family.
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It’s tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, ‘Oh, look, another quirky girl.’
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I think I’d be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the 40s. I’d be allowed a level of mystery and I think I’d suit that decade.
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