Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfullis an English singer, songwriter and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single "As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the "British Invasion" in the United States...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 December 1946
thinking people care
I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.
drama school different
I thought I wanted to go to drama school or university, and that would have been a completely different life. But what got me was the sound, and hearing it. Hearing everything so loud, I loved that back in the studio. I loved that from the very beginning.
reputation loses
When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.
song years wonderful
Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
trying next faces
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.
mother father ashamed
I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
done half next
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.
light unhappy able
If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.
song self sick
I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
singing firsts opera
The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.
people forgiving judgment
Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.
mother men want
When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.
writing metaphor
I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.
creative today alive
I'm alive today, I'm well, I'm working, I'm still creative. What more can I say, really?