Marianne Faithfull quotes

Marianne Faithfull is a British singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to fame during the 1960s. Her distinctive voice and evocative style made her an icon of the British music scene. She has overcome personal struggles to maintain a celebrated and influential career spanning several decades. Here are 69 of her quotes:

I have to watch out for being lazy.

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

I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself.

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

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!

Marianne Faithfull

I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama.

Marianne Faithfull

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.

Marianne Faithfull

I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.

Marianne Faithfull

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

Marianne Faithfull

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

Marianne Faithfull

I don't talk about my private life.

Marianne Faithfull

I was anorexic in the 60s and 70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked very small and delicate, so food wasn't high on my agenda. But it is now.

Marianne Faithfull

Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

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

Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm very perverse in some ways. He's brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.

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

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

Marianne Faithfull

To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

Marianne Faithfull

There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.

Marianne Faithfull

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.

Marianne Faithfull

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

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