People think you’re vulnerable when you tell the truth, but it’s never hurt me. Viv Albertine Read Quote
I have a lot of empathy, and I think that’s where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate. Viv Albertine Read Quote
Writing is so much about rhythm. If you’ve got another rhythm in the room, it spoils the rhythm of the words. Viv Albertine Read Quote
I don’t believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime. Viv Albertine Read Quote
One of my faults is a big mouth. I tend to say the wrong thing without meaning to. Viv Albertine Read Quote
Most female artists – to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to be as selfish as you have to be, as tunnel-visioned as you have to be to make art, not entertainment – you can’t compromise, really. Viv Albertine Read Quote
Women are constantly taught to think about what other people are thinking, from those ‘Jackie’ magazine quizzes – ‘What’s he thinking?’ – to being a grown adult. Viv Albertine Read Quote
I’m very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity… and still be authentic. Viv Albertine Read Quote
I like writing because I can do it anywhere, and I don’t need money to do it. Viv Albertine Read Quote
Fashion wasn’t a label back in the ’70s. We made our own clothes because we had no money. Viv Albertine Read Quote
