Viv Albertine Quotes

Viv Albertine

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1954

It's the people who transcend their backgrounds who are interesting to me. I have got a bit of inverted snobbery.

Viv Albertine

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired to be a writer. It's something that never occurred to me - a bit like it never occurred to me to play guitar when I was young. I just thought it was out of my league.

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I'm not a nostalgic person.

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We're all products of our own environment.

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I never thought of myself as a strong person until I wrote my first book, and people started to say, 'You're a survivor. You're such a strong person.' It never ever occurred to me.

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Mum had pumped me so full of anger, I couldn't throw it off.

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I've had two great loves: my mother and my daughter.

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I get the same lurching thrill now when I'm about to sit down to an egg mayonnaise sandwich and a packet of plain crisps as I used to get when I fancied someone.

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I very much wanted a family and children. I came to it late in life.

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I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate.

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If I didn't live in London, I would live in Glasgow. I love the colour of the brick and the black ironwork. I think it's got such atmosphere and is extraordinary. I met great people there.

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Writing is so much about rhythm. If you've got another rhythm in the room, it spoils the rhythm of the words.

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I adore quotes.

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I do read a lot of autobiographies and biographies but from people who are not in my field - older women, older artists, Miles Davis.

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Directing taught me how to run a team and turn up on time - things you don't really learn when you're in a band.

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I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

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Punk inspired me.

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One of my faults is a big mouth. I tend to say the wrong thing without meaning to.

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Truth is splintered.

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I was brought up to be uncompromisingly bloody-minded by my mother. She equipped me, without knowing it, to be someone who is creative rather than an entertainer. Not many girls are brought up like that, to never rely on a man. To not be a housewife, not be a mother.

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