Source: Edith Piaf: 25 chansons
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Famous Edith Piaf Quotes
“I want to die young. I think it's awful to get old, and sickness is ugly.”
“My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.”
“When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.”
“I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.”
“If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.”
“I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.”
“For me, sleeping is a waste of time. I'm afraid to sleep. It's a form of death.”
“Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.”
“As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.”
“Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.”
“Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.”
“I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.”
“People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.”
“Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.”
“To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.”