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 Copy Share Image
I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I get the same lurching thrill now when I'm about to sit down to an egg mayonnaise sandwich and a packet of plain crisps… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I have a daughter. I have my imagination. I have friends. I, in no way, am going to louse that up with some idiot… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Women are constantly taught to think about what other people are thinking, from those 'Jackie' magazine quizzes - 'What's he thinking?' - to being… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to be as… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
The more blows you have in life, the better, because it means you're challenging yourself. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
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,… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
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… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
If I didn't live in London, I would live in Glasgow. I love the colour of the brick and the black ironwork. I think… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
We used to have massively long discussions about how we should stand on stage. Should we stand with our legs apart? No, all the… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
