135 Quotes by 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.'

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.

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

I have to watch out for being lazy.

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.

I took drugs because we all took drugs.

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

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.