I want to die young. I think it's awful to get old, and sickness is ugly.

- Edith Piaf

I can die now. I've lived twice.

- Edith Piaf

For me, sleeping is a waste of time. I'm afraid to sleep. It's a form of death.

- Edith Piaf

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

- Edith Piaf

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream..…

- Edith Piaf

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for.

- Edith Piaf

All I've done all my life is disobey.

- Edith Piaf

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.

- Edith Piaf

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

- Edith Piaf