Paloma Quotes

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. ~ Paloma Faith

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

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

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

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

Paloma you cry out, you beg for connection
The dreams you seek are straight ahead in every direction ~ Barry Privett

People say, 'Oh, to be the daughter of Picasso!' But it's not as extravagant as it seems. He was very special, very vibrant, but he was my father. I didn't have another. ~ Paloma Picasso

The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults. ~ Paloma Picasso

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

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

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson. ~ Paloma Faith

Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris. ~ Andre Leon Talley

It's just that it always happens when I think I'm getting over him," I said thoughtfully. "I'm good for a while and then - bam!" I ~ Paloma Ainsa

And how long did you have to starve in a cave to come to that conclusion? I ask, sorry about the way my voice sounded much snottier than intended. It's not his fault I find myself here. Still, when Paloma said I'd have to change my diet in order to purify myself, I didn't realize that meant fasting in a dark, abandoned cave until I pass out. ~ Alyson Noel

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

After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry. ~ Paloma Picasso

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

I enjoy being a girl. ~ Paloma Faith

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

We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility. ~ Paloma Picasso

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

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

Miss Fiona Castley of Paloma, Three." A brunette with smoldering eyes this time. Maybe my age, but she seemed more . . . experienced. I turned to Mom and May on the couch. "Doesn't she seem awfully - " "Miss America Singer of Carolina, Five. ~ Kiera Cass

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love. ~ Paloma Faith

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

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

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

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

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. ~ Paloma Faith

I've watched you for a very long time now. And in this time, I've come to discover just as I first suspected. We are perfect for one another. ~ Paloma Beck

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

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be. ~ 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 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 get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me. ~ Paloma Faith

I have no idea what Paloma looks like-what she'll be like.
I have no idea what to expect.
I should've asked more questions.
I should've used the last ten hours to grill Chay until he broke-until he confided every dark and dirty secret Paloma is hiding.
Instead,I chose to eat.And read.And dream about some phantom boy with smooth brown skin,icy-blue eyes, and long glossy black hair-a boy I've never even met in real life.
Lot of good it did me. ~ Alyson Noel

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

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

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

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

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

Only Puerto Rican girl on the earth who wouldn't give up the ass for any reason. I can't, she said. I can't make any mistakes ... Paloma was convinced that if she made any mistakes in the next two years, any mistakes at all, she would be stuck in that family of hers forever. That was her nightmare. Imagine if I don't get in anywhere, she said. You'd still have me, you tried to reassure her, but Paloma looked at you like the apocalypse would be preferable. ~ Junot Diaz

Now, we're doing this at my pace this morning. Mornings are supposed to be lazy. Morning sex is slow sex. So, you tell me. Do you want to have sex with me this morning, sweetheart? ~ Paloma Beck

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

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

How to measure a life's worth? The important thing, said Paloma one day, is not the fact of dying, it is what you are doing in the moment of your death. ~ Muriel Barbery

My answer provided me with the first smile I'd seen on William's face. It was more a grin, a cat-catches-the-canary kind of grin that froze me in place. Had I been more intuitive then, I would've known of the things to come. ~ Paloma Beck

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

I'll be searching for those moments of always within never. Beauty, in this world. - Paloma ~ Muriel Barbery

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. ~ Paloma Faith

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. ~ Paloma Faith

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

His warmth enveloped me. I was caught in him, absolutely ensnared by all that he was. I shivered as his words –his heated breath- brushed down along my spine. They invoked a frisson of awareness in me that built my need for him, my desire. Though there was still the rational part of me screaming that what I desired was so possibly wrong, I couldn't resist him. ~ Paloma Beck

If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point. ~ 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 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'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man. ~ Paloma Faith

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

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

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

A flutter of bright green drew Deanna's focus out of the turbulent realm of her head and onto the flame-damaged storage shed. From the hold below the scorched eaves she saw the male paloma emerge and take flight. A few seconds later the drab brown female popped out. She soared after her mate.

Deanna gasped in shock, amazed that any creature could have survived. ~ Leslie Ann Moore

I just have an inability to lie. ~ Paloma Faith

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

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

Because I was so quiet, my father let me spend hours and hours next to him while he would sketch. Everyone else was always asking things from him. I wasn't asking anything. I was just happy to be there. ~ Paloma Picasso

Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing, Constitution the cat is going by with her tummy dragging close to the floor. This cat has absolutely nothing constructive to do in life and still she is heading toward something, probably an armchair. ~ Muriel Barbery

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work. ~ Paloma Picasso

I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie. ~ Paloma Faith

I think I like you," he said as he turned and moved to sit in the chair across from her.
"What a beautiful thing to say to the woman you're trying to seduce. ~ Paloma Beck

A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself a costume that differs according to the woman who wears it. ~ Paloma Picasso

Curvy is something to be proud of. ~ Paloma Faith

Live as it was your last day hug your kids tomorrow thy are not going to be their..you either. Do favors to your friends they wont be there tomorrow neither you...and if tomorrow you are alive appreciated and do all those things again like if it were your last day. ~ Paloma

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! ~ Paloma Faith

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

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty. ~ Paloma Faith

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

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

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

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

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn't really mix well. ~ Raquel Cepeda

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

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

This seat taken?" My eyes grazing over the only other occupant, a guy with long glossy dark hair with his head bent over a book.
"It's all yours," he says. And when he lifts his head and smiles,my heart just about leaps from my chest.
It's the boy from my dreams.
The boy from the Rabbit Hole,the gas station,and the cave-sitting before me with those same amazing,icy-blue eues, those same alluring lips I've kissed multiple times-but only in slumber, never in waking life.
I scold my heart to settle,but it doesn't obey.
I admonish myself to sit,to act normal, casual-and I just barely succeed.
Stealing a series of surreptitious looks as I search through my backpack, taking in his square chin,wide generous lips,strong brow,defined cheekbones, and smooth brown skin-the exact same features as Cade.
"You're the new girl,right?" He abandons his book,tilting his head in a way that causes his hair to stream over his shoulder,so glossy and inviting it takes all of my will not to lean across the table and touch it.
I nod in reply,or at least I think I do.I can't be too sure.I'm too stricken by his gaze-the way it mirrors mine-trying to determine if he knows me, recognizes me,if he's surprised to find me here.Wishing Paloma had better prepared me-focused more on him and less on his brother.
I force my gaze from his.Bang my knee hard against the table as I swivel in my seat.Feeling so odd and unsettled,I wish I'd picked another place to sit, thoug ~ Alyson Noel

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. ~ Paloma Faith

Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement. ~ Paloma Picasso

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

Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself. ~ Paloma Picasso

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

I decided to do everything around fashion but fashion itself, and that's accessories. ~ Paloma Picasso

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax. ~ Paloma Picasso

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 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

I thought I had found my calling, I thought I'd understood that in order to heal, I could heal others, or at least the other "healable" people, the ones who can be saved - instead of moping because I can't save other people. So what does this mean - I'm supposed to become a doctor? Or a writer? It's a bit the same thing, no? (Paloma) ~ Muriel Barbery

Technology has really helped me and has been a big part of my life, so maybe that is why I am such a fan of science or maybe I just like to think about how things work and how I can make them work even better. ~ Paloma Rambana