Marianne Faithfull Quotes

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Marianne Faithfull

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 29, 1946

I've done everything I want to do and gone everywhere I want to go.

Marianne Faithfull

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

Marianne Faithfull

I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.

Marianne Faithfull

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one.

Marianne Faithfull

I'm not sure yet what my higher mission is, but I have a feeling it might be great. Before, I thought my mission was death, but now my mission is life.

Marianne Faithfull

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.'

Marianne Faithfull

My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.

Marianne Faithfull

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.

Marianne Faithfull

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 glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.

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My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done.

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Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

Marianne Faithfull

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

Marianne Faithfull

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

Marianne Faithfull

I was told that I had very likely been clinically depressed for a long, long time, probably since I was 15, or even 14. It explained, to me at least, a lot of my behaviour over the years.

Marianne Faithfull

When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.

Marianne Faithfull

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.

Marianne Faithfull

When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.

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My happiness is very fragile.

Marianne Faithfull

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.

Marianne Faithfull