Paloma Faith Quotes

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

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

I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

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

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'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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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'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 enjoy being a girl.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

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

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

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

When you're on the pop treadmill, you don't always feel that cool because you have to do things to promote the record that aren't necessarily your environment.

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

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

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.

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

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

I just have an inability to lie.

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

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

I feel curious about every situation I'm in.

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

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

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

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

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

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'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 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.