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" 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
Think
More
Successful
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" 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
Think
Say
Successful
" I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style. "
Paloma Faith
Clothes
Many
Dress
" 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. "
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Women
Confidence
Culture
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Feel
Excited
Legacy
" I just have an inability to lie. "
Paloma Faith
Inability
Just
Lie
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Emotions
Change
Back
" 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
Business
Time
Silly
" My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family. "
Paloma Faith
Children
You
Stupid
" I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12. "
Paloma Faith
Really
Comfortable
Until
" Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages. "
Paloma Faith
Way
Dressed
Everything
" I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me. "
Paloma Faith
Regular
Inspire
Know
" I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books. "
Paloma Faith
Like
Go
Away
" I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie. "
Paloma Faith
I Think
Think
Like
" I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster. "
Paloma Faith
Everything
Food
Lobster
" My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson. "
Paloma Faith
Favourite
Authors
Milan
" Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little. "
Paloma Faith
Been
Little
Working
" Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney. "
Paloma Faith
Compromise
She
Like
" I'm a serial monogamist. "
Paloma Faith
Serial
" I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from. "
Paloma Faith
Influence
Vegas
I Am
" I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage. "
Paloma Faith
Work
Moment
Rain
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Her
She
Youth
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Three
Food
Fish
" I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world. "
Paloma Faith
Love
People
World
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Old
Young
Me
" I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person. "
Paloma Faith
Hate
Free
Idea
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Stuff
Got
Clothes
" There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be. "
Paloma Faith
Nothing
Achieving
Better
" 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. "
Paloma Faith
Problems
American
America
" Whatever you are, you have the right to get married. "
Paloma Faith
Whatever
Right
Married
" 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
Friends And Family
Me
Family