Paloma Faith Quotes

"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."

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

"I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard."

"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."

"Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you."

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

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

"It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric."

"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'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."

"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."

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

"I think everybody should focus on inner beauty."

"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."

"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.'"

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

"Curvy is something to be proud of."

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

"You cannot schedule death."

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

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