Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.

Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I've had lots of shocks because it's as though I don't learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.

There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.

I'm never, never sure which way to go. I'm full of unsureness. That's been a habit for years. I never really want to commit.

I'd love to make more money in America, that's the heart of it. I make much more money in Europe. It's a shame. I'm trying now to make a profit on this next tour, and I'll be much happier.

I don't see decadence really as what you do, because I don't do much at all that is decadent in my life. But I still am decadent. It's a state of mind, I think.