Marianne Faithfull Quotes

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Marianne Faithfull

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 29, 1946

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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Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.

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I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

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I'm interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.

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I never saw myself as beautiful. I can look back and see it now, but then? Never.

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I get all dressed up with that Marianne Faithfull face, and the next thing I know, I'm blurting out things that I shouldn't, trying to get attention when, really, I've got everybody's attention already.

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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 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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All I have to do is what's right for me.

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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

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I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

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I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

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Well, I really didn't enjoy some of the movies I did when I was young.

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