Marina And The Diamonds Quotes

Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde.

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. I am not a robot.

Actually, I think that a lot of the interviews and acoustic sessions and other things that artists fill their time with are really pointless and suck the energy out of the artist.

I know I've got a big ego. I really don't know why it's such a big deal, though.

I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like someone who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

There's no one particular road that will lead you to success. I think everybody will find it differently.

What I hate is that not many people admit to having a big ego, but you have to - and there's nothing wrong with it.

Sometimes I ignore you so I feel in control.

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

If you're making too many excuses for someone, agonising over them in a way which takes up all your waking thoughts and feel so nervous around them you could be sick, then they are probably the wrong person.

Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you've done to other people.

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love.

This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to be a typical pop star.

I think I actually did write about love because I kind of had a fear of it, like we all do, nobody wants to get hurt.

I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't warm up, and I don't know how other singers do it.

When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact with people and you feel the energy in the room. When the crowd is going crazy, that definitely impacts your vocal performance. I prefer to sing live.

I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of songs that have a real depth, and that provoke and challenge people, and then songs that are fun and people can enjoy.

I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people.

I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.

Not everyone is out screw you over/
Maybe, just maybe they just wanna get to know ya.

Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much.

You could say that my life's a mess. But, I'm still looking pretty in this dress.

Trends in culture all serve a purpose and that's always indicative in fashion and music, you can always tell what's going on culturally in the mindset of the young generation if you look at those mediums.

I'm obsessed with the mess that's America.

That's when you know you really fit with someone - when you can just sit there and not do anything. Kind of ignoring each other.

My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop culture. I definitely got the impression that pop was evil and that Britney Spears was evil.

Cause I feel like I'm the worst,
so I always act like I'm the best.

I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me.

I think each human being wants to make their mark on the world in whatever way they can, and maybe everyone has a slight egomaniac inside of them.

Obviously when you're a teen you have no money, so you make, like, three outfits out of one dress. You're like, 'OK cut the arms here. Alright: New party, cut them to here.'

I love 40's-60's fashion because it suits the type of figure that I have the most, so that's what I always go for. I won't change!

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.

I'm gonna leave you drowning until you reach for my hand.

I live my life inside a dream,
only waking when I sleep

I'm interested in how identity is transient. How do we know who we really are, when different situations and environments dictate how we behave? I'm interested in the role we all play. We spend our whole lives becoming ourselves when we are born as no one else.

Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long time. But when I was a teenager, there was a genuine connection with this sweet girl who also had this very sexual side that people didn't really want to accept.

My biggest fear is love and getting hurt in love but still believing.

Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and 'Electra Heart' is my response to that. It is a frank album.

Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I was so motivated and thought that if I did I wouldn't succeed.

I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about it. And I stepped back and thought 'Why are you bitter? You can't just stand there like every other indie musician and criticize this so-called 'generic' music when you're not doing anything to challenge that.'

I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to give up crisps, or make my boobs shrink for that matter. Alas, I will never fit a size zero.

Sometimes you feel amazing about life and other times you just feel fat and depressed, so I think it's good to be honest about that and to make light of it, I think humour is important, nobody's perfect.

I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.

My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson.

Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!

When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and needy. Gross.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

I want blood, guts, and chocolate cake.

I felt connected with Madonna from a very young age. I think I share a lot of qualities from her personality. I really respect her.

Stars of love burn bright
'till they're ready to die
the broken spend their lives
staring at the sky

You're never gonna love me,
so what's the use?

It's ok to say you've got a weak spot,you don't always have to be on top.
Better to be hated then loved(x3) for what you're not.

I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny.

I feel like artists that are always quite sad in real life always make really happy music, and artists who are really bouncy and bubbly always make really sad music.

I have sold my soul. I would sell my soul, if I could have it all.

Electra Heart is the antithesis of everything I stand for. And the point of introducing her and building a concept around her is that she stands for the corrupt side of American ideology, and basically that's the corruption of yourself. My worst fear - that's anyone's worst fear - is to lose myself and become an empty person. And that happens a lot when you're very ambitious.

I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first made it. The biggest thing I learnt was that you have to be pro-active. You can't be scared.

I quite like dark humor.

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb

Drink to forget; don't forget to drink.

I could draw up a list of about 30 artists who I apparently sound like. From Lady Gaga, to Katy Perry to Lana Del Rey. I don't know if it's because I'm versatile or because production affects how people judge music. I can't wait for a time I can just be classed as myself.

Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person instead of an artist.

All I really want is to be wonderful

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate.

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.

I feel weird without lipstick. Even after the first time I wore a really neon pink or a really bright red, I felt really strange without it there. My lips are a main feature, so I feel naked without them.