Top 66 Paloma Faith Quotes

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.

Working with Terry Gilliam was magic – I’ve been watching his films since I was little.

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.

If I see something that inspires me, I’ll dress like it.

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.

I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.

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

I just have an inability to lie.

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

There’s nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.

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

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.

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

I’m really into food; it’s one of my favourite things – everything from potato waffles to lobster.

I wish I was more stupid because I’m either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I’m a bit morbid. There’s never anything in between.

I’m surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don’t have any problem telling me I’m acting like an idiot or I’m not that funny.

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.

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.

I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I’m not a free person.

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

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.

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

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.

I vote Labour and can’t begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.

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

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.

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

We live in a society where everything’s packaged.

I think soul is soul. I don’t see new soul as any different to old soul.

I’m a serial monogamist.

It’s amazing living alone. I’m very lucky. It’s like a refuge.

Anything that’s on television as often as someone on ‘The X Factor’ is what’s successful. That doesn’t mean that I condone that or think that it’s right. To be honest, I’d be the first to say I think it’s a shame. But if that’s the way it is then that’s the way it is.

I’d never go on a reality show – it’s too invasive.

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

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’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.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

I really like to please people, and I think it’s a symptom of being an only child.

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

You cannot schedule death.

I enjoy being a girl.

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

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

The freedom that money gives you makes you… well, I wouldn’t say happy, but I’d say it gives you diversity.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You know, my mum’s always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.

Adele’s like a beacon of honesty. Doesn’t compromise, goes to America and she’s still the same sweary cockney.

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.

It’s tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, ‘Oh, look, another quirky girl.’

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that’s where I go.

Sometimes when you’ve got too much money you lose your imagination.

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 think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I’ve got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.

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’m very affected by what I watch and read.

I don’t have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

It’s celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.

I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we’re living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.

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.