Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.
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Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm very perverse in some ways. He's brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.
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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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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 focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, 'the press.'
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I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself.
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I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that's it. I'm clean and groomed.
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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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To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.
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I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.
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I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.
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I come from a very left wing Socialist family, anti-war and anti-empire.
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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 was anorexic in the '60s and '70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked very small and delicate, so food wasn't high on my agenda. But it is now.
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Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!
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The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.
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Well, I really didn't enjoy some of the movies I did when I was young.
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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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Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.
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I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.
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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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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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Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I've had lots of shocks because it's as though I don't learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.
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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.