Katie Melua Quotes

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

We don't need an abundance of things.

I'm really not a materialistic person.

The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.

I always tried to live my life as though nothing changed. People would say, 'You can have a Rolls-Royce'. I'd say to that, 'What do I want with a Rolls-Royce when I can have a Volkswagen or a bike?' Some people get carried away with the juice.

There's no great desire to own lots of stuff - and I don't. You can only live in one house and drive one car.

I'm O.K. having a comfortable life. I don't have to live in a mansion and drive Aston Martins or Ferraris.

I'm not a big consumer at all. I'm very happy with enough.

I'm not a very materialistic person.

I am totally unattached to material items.

I don't buy diamonds, I don't buy cars, but I enjoy travelling. I'm not a very possessive person as far as things go.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

I'm not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don't have a mobile. I just don't need things. I don't like things.

I live a very simple life.

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

The more we have the less we own.

I don't need that much to live - we don't need that much to have a wonderful life. I learned that from animals.

I'm not a big car person. I'm not into lots of fancy things.

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

In the '80s, the world I was living in wasn't this world of consumption. There wasn't that much to buy, really. Actually I'm still struck by that. There's not an awful lot of stuff I want. Somebody quotes Diogenes, who's walking around saying, "How many things there are in the marketplace of which Diogenes has no need." I always feel that. Except of course when you're living in Venice, California and you see all these lovely houses!

One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide — the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing, trifles. Needs increase because one thing calls for another. The result is uncontrollable dissatisfaction. Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.

I'm really not a person who consumes a lot. I don't have a sports car.