Quotes from Marianne Faithfull

My happiness is very fragile.

I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it's not lived drawing on a full level. I'm relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.

I don't talk about my private life.

I don't see decadence really as what you do, because I don't do much at all that is decadent in my life. But I still am decadent. It's a state of mind, I think.

Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

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.

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

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

I want to see my grandchildren grow up. I want to be there for my friends. I want to be able to love the person in my life. I want to work. I want to do something I've never done, which is save money. I've never bought anything. I have nothing.

If you analyze the bad times you find that it's because you wanted to have a bad time.

There is a land that I can go to When I have time to rest. All the people I love are there And those who love me best.

I do sometimes think I could have done without the drugs actually; that was a waste of time, and a huge risk. But then again, there's nothing I can change, so in a way regret is pointless.

I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill.

The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.

I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.

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

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

I'm interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.

I've got quite a good brain and all that, which I've never had to use in singing at all.

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

I'd love to make more money in America, that's the heart of it. I make much more money in Europe. It's a shame. I'm trying now to make a profit on this next tour, and I'll be much happier.

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.

I think I'm really powerful. They'll smash me, probably.