Paloma Faith Quotes

Curvy is something to be proud of.

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

“I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.”

— Paloma Faith

“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

“There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.”

— Paloma Faith

“Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.”

— Paloma Faith

“I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

“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.”

— Paloma Faith

“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.”

— Paloma Faith

“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

“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.”

— Paloma Faith

“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.”

— Paloma Faith

“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

“I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

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“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.”

— Paloma Faith

“I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

“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

“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

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

I just have an inability to lie.

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

“I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

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

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

— Paloma Faith

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

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

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“My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.”

— Paloma Faith

“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.”

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“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.”

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“I'm not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I'm on holiday. I do enough shopping when I'm at home, and like to have a complete break when I'm away.”

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“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.”

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“I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway”

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“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.”

— Paloma Faith

There are lots of beautiful areas in England, and I am lucky enough to live in a stunning part of a very beautiful area.

— Paloma Faith

“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