Death is the beginning of something. Edith Piaf More Quotes by Edith Piaf More Quotes From Edith Piaf When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others. Edith Piaf elevatorsshouldremember I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream... to hope. Edith Piaf dreammorningnight I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words. Edith Piaf crywantpeople As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face. Edith Piaf couplemeanlying When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses. Edith Piaf glassesroselove Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for. Edith Piaf this-lifefoolpay Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star. Edith Piaf faultsstarsuse Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws. Edith Piaf lawgivingpeople My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct. Edith Piaf conservatorystreetsinstinct All I've done all my life is disobey. Edith Piaf donelife-is I always thought my days spent in darkness [as a child she had cataracts and was unable to see for nearly four years] gave me a very special sensitivity. Much later, when I really wanted to hear, really 'see' a song, I'd close my eyes, and when I wanted to bring it out of the very depths of myself, out of my guts, out of my belly, when the song had to come from far away, I'd close my eyes. Edith Piaf eyesongchildren Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth. Edith Piaf escapingsingingworld Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove. Edith Piaf fly-awaydoveshould I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears. Edith Piaf tearslifethinking Americans want beauties, not me. I’m not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where’s my feather up the ass? They think I’m sad, they’re dumb. I don’t connect to them Edith Piaf girldumbthinking I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward. Edith Piaf just-onecowardpersons If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away. Edith Piaf give-memoneygiving I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most? Edith Piaf strangejesusthinking I can die now. I've lived twice. Edith Piaf last-wordsdiesi-can People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good. Edith Piaf phonesbookpeople
