Quotes from Marina and the Diamonds


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


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'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.


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


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 quite like dark humor.


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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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.


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


I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist.


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


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.


You have to be your biggest believer.