Paloma Faith Quotes

Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.

I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.

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.

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

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

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

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

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

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

It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.

You cannot schedule death.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

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

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'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.

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.

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.

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

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

Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit - and I never really grew out of that, I don't think.

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

I'm a serial monogamist.

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

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

I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.

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'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.

I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.

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

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.

I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.

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

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.

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.

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

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

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

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

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

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.