Paloma Faith quotes

Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
-- Paloma Faith

#Mistake #World #Tripping

I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
-- Paloma Faith

#People #Not Interested

There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
-- Paloma Faith

#Eyebrows #Frida

I'm a serial monogamist.
-- Paloma Faith

There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.
-- Paloma Faith

#Goal #Might #Achieve

I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
-- Paloma Faith

#Inspire #Fans

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
-- Paloma Faith

#Children #Thinking #People

I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
-- Paloma Faith

#Morning #Vampire #Television

I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
-- Paloma Faith

#Dark #Humour

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
-- Paloma Faith

#Men #Thinking #Tiny

I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
-- Paloma Faith

#Legacy #Albums #Excited

I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
-- Paloma Faith

#Successful #Thinking #Levels

I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.
-- Paloma Faith

#Profound #Style #Stuff

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.
-- Paloma Faith

#Thinking #Proud #Aristocracy

You cannot schedule death.
-- Paloma Faith

#Schedules

I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.
-- Paloma Faith

#Emotional #Class #People

I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.
-- Paloma Faith

#Trying #Sticks #Brands

I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
-- Paloma Faith

#Interesting #People #World

I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.
-- Paloma Faith

#Mean #Careers #Hands

I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
-- Paloma Faith

#Home #Night #Men

I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card - and in America you can't pay for anything on a debit card.
-- Paloma Faith

#Believe #America #Everyday

I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
-- Paloma Faith

#Weather #Clothes #Example

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
-- Paloma Faith

#Way #Cinema #Stage

Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
-- Paloma Faith

#Artist #Video #Covered

I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.
-- Paloma Faith

#Thinking #Media #Records

I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato; pasta with a tin of tomatoes; and extra mild plastic-y cheddar chopped into cubes with bits of cucumber.
-- Paloma Faith

#Eggs #Scotch #Meals

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
-- Paloma Faith

#Eerie #Want #Mysterious

Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
-- Paloma Faith

#Thinking #People #Speak

My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.
-- Paloma Faith

#Swings #Denim #Jackets

The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
-- Paloma Faith

#Diversity #Giving #Wells

We live in a society where everything's packaged.
-- Paloma Faith

Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
-- Paloma Faith

#Married

Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit - and I never really grew out of that, I don't think.
-- Paloma Faith

#School #Thinking #Littles

I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.
-- Paloma Faith

#Running #Hate #Rain

I stay true to my lyrics. If I go back and look at them in hindsight, the emotions I had when I wrote them have passed. It feels unjustified to change them.
-- Paloma Faith

#Looks #Emotion #Hindsight

No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
-- Paloma Faith

#Taken #Thinking #Fancy

My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
-- Paloma Faith

#Bored #Desire #Cosmetics

I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.
-- Paloma Faith

#Reading

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.
-- Paloma Faith

#Reality #Goes On #Shows

I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man.
-- Paloma Faith

#Men #Violent

I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me.
-- Paloma Faith

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.
-- Paloma Faith

#Downtrodden

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.
-- Paloma Faith

#Who I Am #Proud #Illusion

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.
-- Paloma Faith

#Watches

I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
-- Paloma Faith

#Clothes #Style #Dresses

I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
-- Paloma Faith

#Sleep #Kids #Want

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
-- Paloma Faith

#Nice #Ipods #Clothes

Curvy is something to be proud of.
-- Paloma Faith

#Proud #Curvy #Be Proud

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.
-- Paloma Faith

#Years #Age #Four

I vote Labour and can't begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.
-- Paloma Faith

#Vote #Acknowledge #Labour

I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
-- Paloma Faith

#Trying #Rewards #Wheat

I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour.
-- Paloma Faith

#Thinking #Outkast #Humour

I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
-- Paloma Faith

#Routine #Teeth #Daily Routines

I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
-- Paloma Faith

#Eggs #Nervous #Baskets

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.
-- Paloma Faith

#People