Paloma Faith Quotes

We live in a society where everything's packaged.

When I do my shows, it's really cross-generational. Sometimes there's three generations there.

Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.

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.

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

I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look.

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

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

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

Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.

It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.

I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

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

I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.

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.

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.

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

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.

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

All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.

I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.

I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.

You cannot schedule death.

If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.

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.

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

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

I just have an inability to lie.

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.

Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.

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

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

I feel curious about every situation I'm in.

I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

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.

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

If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won't do a photo because I wouldn't want any photographic evidence.

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

I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.

We all get old, but I always say the skinny, pretty girls will be screwed.

My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.

My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

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.