Marianne Faithfull

I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.

All I have to do is what's right for me.

The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.

My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done.

I never saw myself as beautiful. I can look back and see it now, but then? Never.

To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.

I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.

I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, 'the press.'

I have to watch out for being lazy.