Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf
Édith Piaf; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963; born Édith Giovanna Gassion) was a French cabaret singer, songwriter and actress who became widely regarded as France's national chanteuse, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth19 December 1915
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
mind earth coming-back
I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.
impossible mediocre ifs
To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.
doe
Death does not exist.
loses
Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.
escaping singing world
Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.
girl thinking dumb
Americans want beauties, not me. I’m not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where’s my feather up the ass? They think I’m sad, they’re dumb. I don’t connect to them
thinking dying ugly
I want to die young. I think it's awful to get old, and sickness is ugly ...
coward persons just-one
I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
book phones people
People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.
done life-is
All I've done all my life is disobey.
instinct streets conservatory
My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.
song children eye
I always thought my days spent in darkness [as a child she had cataracts and was unable to see for nearly four years] gave me a very special sensitivity. Much later, when I really wanted to hear, really 'see' a song, I'd close my eyes, and when I wanted to bring it out of the very depths of myself, out of my guts, out of my belly, when the song had to come from far away, I'd close my eyes.
law giving people
Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.
jesus thinking strange
I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?