Author Profile
Viv Albertine
1954 • British • Musician
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesIt's me who fixes the roof, unblocks the drain, and changes the plug. I'm Spartacus.— Viv Albertine
I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask, I'll do without.— Viv Albertine
We grew up during the 'peace and love' of the 1960s, only to discover that there are wars everywhere, and love and romance is a con.— Viv Albertine
I didn't have many role models or interesting women to get stirred up by until Yoko Ono came along.— Viv Albertine
I think I function well in most parts of my life but possibly not in that emotional side of my life.— Viv Albertine
My mother was so ignorant of what could have befallen me and was probably so exhausted - she was one of the first generation of single parents as well - that it was all a bit overwhelming. So the naivety of parents meant we did have a certain amount of freedom.— Viv Albertine
When I was pregnant, I prayed that my daughter would have brown, green, or grey eyes.— Viv Albertine
I could be completely mad and sound like David Icke, but I just find people with blue eyes colder, less passionate, and more calculated people.— Viv Albertine
It's all very well for the Kinks and Damon Albarn to sing those songs and sneer at Mr. Nine to Five, but again, they're white men, so they didn't have it very hard.— Viv Albertine
I didn't pursue happiness at all. I've never pursued it. I wasn't brought up to pursue it.— Viv Albertine
I haven't found music comforting since the '80s, but it doesn't mean it's not good - it just doesn't work for me. It's shocking to me because music was my religion from the age of 11, and it's like I don't believe in my god any more.— Viv Albertine
I think, often, people who do something new creatively don't benefit financially from it - it's the people who come after and make them palatable that make money.— Viv Albertine
The older I get, the more the lying, the losing touch with your true thoughts and feelings, and the compromises required to fit in seem not worth the effort. It's my one go on Earth; why spend any more of it conforming to other people's rules and ideals?— Viv Albertine