9 Quotes by Francoise Hardy

In France, the image I had was of a shy girl - a poor lonely girl and not too good-looking. When I went to England, I had another image. I felt the journalists were much more interested in my looks than in my songs.

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody.

I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world.

I never get bored. There isn't enough time in the day for me.

If I'd been four feet tall and fifteen stone, I would certainly not have followed the same career

There are so many dreams beyond our nights, and so much sunshine beyond our gray walls. But we can't see it when we stay at home. There is so much sky above our roof. Is the door so old that it won't open, or are we at home because we're afraid of catching a chill?

I never get bored. There isn’t enough time in the day for me.

If I’d been four feet tall and fifteen stone, I would certainly not have followed the same career.

There are so many dreams beyond our nights, and so much sunshine beyond our gray walls. But we can’t see it when we stay at home. There is so much sky above our roof. Is the door so old that it won’t open, or are we at home because we’re afraid of catching a chill?