165 Quotes by Viv Albertine

I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask, I'll do without.

Punk was such an exciting time because there were no rules. You could go and knock on Sun Ra's door - and he was in the phonebook, under Ra!

We grew up during the 'peace and love' of the 1960s, only to discover that there are wars everywhere, and love and romance is a con.

Girls were nothing in the '70s.

People say you mellow as you get older, and I really haven't.

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired to be a writer. It's something that never occurred to me - a bit like it never occurred to me to play guitar when I was young. I just thought it was out of my league.

I'm not a nostalgic person.

The more blows you have in life, the better, because it means you're challenging yourself.

We're all products of our own environment.