Marina and the Diamonds

Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically.

— Marina and the Diamonds

I'm just waiting for the moment where it's accepted that women are just as sexual as men without women having to be…

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

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…

— Marina and the Diamonds

What I've learnt about artists over the years is, artists are usually the opposite to their music.

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an…

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

Electra Heart is the antithesis of everything I stand for. And the point of introducing her and building a concept around her…

— Marina and the Diamonds

When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact…

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I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so I like kitten heels occasionally because…

— Marina and the Diamonds

[Being in the States] is almost like being on a holiday. It's kind of annoying because everyone's like "Oh, you're so obsessed…

— Marina and the Diamonds

People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact…

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I've really come into my own as an artist. I'm much more sure of my identity and understand it much better, and…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I feel weird without lipstick. Even after the first time I wore a really neon pink or a really bright red, I…

— Marina and the Diamonds

If you're making too many excuses for someone, agonising over them in a way which takes up all your waking thoughts and…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious…

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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…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

I didn't even listen to any music until I was 19, really. I just wanted to be famous. But I didn't say…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started…

— Marina and the Diamonds

There's nothing I'd never wear, really. I've worn pink spotty pajamas from a Goodwill store onstage before. This only happens when I'm…

— Marina and the Diamonds

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…

— Marina and the Diamonds

Music is my 90% of my life and my biggest passion. I really don't have an interest in anything else.

— Marina and the Diamonds

This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I think I actually did write about love because I kind of had a fear of it, like we all do, nobody…

— Marina and the Diamonds

Fake it, fake your confidence until it's real. I think it's a good way to live most of your life.

— Marina and the Diamonds

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…

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

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If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're…

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

— Marina and the Diamonds

You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.

— Marina and the Diamonds

I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative.

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

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I really do want people to listen to the music more than watch what I wear. There's time for that later. I've…

— Marina and the Diamonds

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

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

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When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you…

— Marina and the Diamonds