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" I’m more interested in his wife though, she fascinates me; she’s pretty, petite, pale blonde and has a strong personality, the opposite of her looks – but the thing that really intrigues me is that she’s on some sort of fast where she doesn’t eat anything and only drinks her own piss. "
― Viv Albertine , Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
129
" So, I have a very strong urge to fuck someone as soon as possible, but not anyone, a specific type of someone; someone unthreatening, with poor eyesight, and – due to my immense insecurity – someone who will be grateful. "
― Viv Albertine , Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
132
" The next New Slits show is in Manchester. I take my daughter out of school so she can attend the concert, and I only need to look down from the stage at her in the front row, her eyes fixed on me with a look of such glowing pride, to know that I’ve done the right thing by her. "
― Viv Albertine , Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
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" Mohair jumpers, knitted on big needles, so loosely that you can see all the way through them, T-shirts slashed and written on by hand, seams and labels on the outside, showing the construction of the piece; these attitudes are reflected in the music we make. It’s OK not to be perfect, to show the workings of your life and your mind in your songs and your clothes. And everything you do in life is meaningful on a political level. "
― Viv Albertine , Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
140
" My neighbour, Sue, comes round. She very politely begs me to stop playing. She says she’s been sent by the rest of her flatmates to tell me that I can’t play guitar, it’s been months now and it’s obviously not happening, I have no talent for it. ‘Please, for your own sake, Viv, as well as everyone else’s, stop it and find something that you can do. I’m sure there are lots of things you’re good at.’ She’s absolutely right and I know it. I’m not progressing, I have no natural musical talent, I’m making a terrible noise. But I’m not going to stop. I don’t know why. Maybe because there’s nothing else in the world I want to do. "
― Viv Albertine , Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys