Edith Piaf Quotes

France, Musician
December 19, 1915 – October, 10, 1963.

Édith Piaf (French: [edit pjaf] (About this sound listen); 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963; nee Édith Giovanna Gassion) was a French singer, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars.

Also known as Singer, Songwriter, Cabaret Artist, Actress, Film Actor

To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing.

Edith Piaf
- People
- Language
- Same
I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

Edith Piaf
- Love
- Think
- Tears

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

Edith Piaf
- Love
- Fighting
- Lies
I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.

Edith Piaf
- Up
- Like
- Person
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?

Edith Piaf
- Up
- Thinking
- Family
Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.

Edith Piaf
- Mind
- Tell
- Whatever
To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.

Edith Piaf
- Life
- Good
- Music
I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.

Edith Piaf
- Mind
- Death
- Earth

All I've done all my life is disobey.

Edith Piaf
- Life
- Done
- My Life
Death does not exist.

Edith Piaf
- Death
- Exist
- Does
If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

Edith Piaf
- God
- Money
- Knows
Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

Edith Piaf
- People
- Care
- Laws
People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.

Edith Piaf
- People
- Good
- Book
Death is the beginning of something.

Edith Piaf

Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.

Edith Piaf
- World
- Earth
- Singing
I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.

Edith Piaf
- People
- Want
- Words
I don't want to die an old lady.

Edith Piaf
- Want
- Die
- Old
I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.

Edith Piaf
- Song
- Feeling
- Day
Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.

Edith Piaf
- Money
- Never
- Lose