Top 100 Paloma Faith Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Adele’s like a beacon of honesty. Doesn’t compromise, goes to America and she’s still the same sweary cockney.”

— Paloma Faith

52. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

53. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

54. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

55. “You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.”

— Paloma Faith

56. “I’d rather be on my own than be with a violent man.”

— Paloma Faith

57. “When I do my shows, it’s really cross-generational. Sometimes there’s three generations there.”

— Paloma Faith

58. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

59. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

60. “I’ve got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.”

— Paloma Faith

61. “My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

63. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

64. “I vote Labour and can’t begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.”

— Paloma Faith

65. “I don’t understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.”

— Paloma Faith

66. “I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I’m not a free person.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

68. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

69. “I’m very affected by what I watch and read.”

— Paloma Faith

70. “I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I’m out running.”

— Paloma Faith

71. “Mum doesn’t like it when I mention that Dad’s a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.”

— Paloma Faith

72. “I just really want to make albums – and however I can, I will.”

— Paloma Faith

73. “I get plenty of, ‘Is that song about me?’ from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.”

— Paloma Faith

74. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

75. “I think soul is soul. I don’t see new soul as any different to old soul.”

— Paloma Faith

76. “I don’t connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.”

— Paloma Faith

77. “I try not to brand myself ‘weird’ any more because it sticks.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

79. “We live in a society where everything’s packaged.”

— Paloma Faith

80. “I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.”

— Paloma Faith

81. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

82. “I have a lot of admiration for people who’ve been in relationships a long time, married for years.”

— Paloma Faith

83. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

85. “I don’t normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.”

— Paloma Faith

86. “I wasn’t really comfortable reading until I was 12.”

— Paloma Faith

87. “Working with Terry Gilliam was magic – I’ve been watching his films since I was little.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

89. “Sometimes when you’ve got too much money you lose your imagination.”

— Paloma Faith

90. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

92. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

93. “Compared to a lot of artists, I’m usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

95. “I just have an inability to lie.”

— Paloma Faith

96. “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.”

— Paloma Faith

97. “Anybody who says they don’t want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they’re in the business of selling records is a bit silly.”

— Paloma Faith

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

— Paloma Faith

99. “There’s nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.”

— Paloma Faith

100. “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.”

— Paloma Faith