Paloma Faith Quotes

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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'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.

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.

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

All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.

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

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

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

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

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

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

Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.

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

Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.

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

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

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

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'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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

I don't overthink when I'm styling. I kind of forgive myself and accept that I will make mistakes. Getting dressed should be a fun experience!

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

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

I enjoy being a girl.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I just have an inability to lie.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

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

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

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

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

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 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'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.

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

I feel curious about every situation I'm in.

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.'

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

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

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Curvy is something to be proud of.