I'm alive today, I'm well, I'm working, I'm still creative. What more can I say, really? Marianne Faithfull More Quotes by Marianne Faithfull More Quotes From Marianne Faithfull I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal. Marianne Faithfull sickselfsong I've done everything I want to do and gone everywhere I want to go. Marianne Faithfull donegonewant Well, I really didn't enjoy some of the movies I did when I was young. Marianne Faithfull wellsenjoyyoung I don't like the compression on compact discs. It's lacking in air, and it's lacking in majesty. Marianne Faithfull compressionmajestyair 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. Marianne Faithfull nailsdoctorsskins I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did. Marianne Faithfull ashamedmotherfather Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you'll do to the next person you're involved with, if you get half a chance. Marianne Faithfull nextdonehalf I wish people didn't just think of me in the '60s. I'm not any era. Marianne Faithfull wishpeoplethinking The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'. Marianne Faithfull operasingingfirsts Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed. Marianne Faithfull judgmentforgivingpeople I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama. Marianne Faithfull aspects-of-lifeaspectdrama I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself. Marianne Faithfull popsbigsmouths I have to watch out for being lazy. Marianne Faithfull being-lazylazywatches 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. Marianne Faithfull readingmotherthinking The really explicit phrase is doors of perception. Marianne Faithfull phrasesperceptiondoors The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often. Marianne Faithfull fed-upretiringfeds I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person. Marianne Faithfull littleschildrenthinking I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth. Marianne Faithfull earthheavenfacts I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it's not lived drawing on a full level. I'm relaxed, cool, and enjoying it. Marianne Faithfull drawinglevelsnice 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 blacknicetea
