Marina And The Diamonds Quotes

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

— Marina And The Diamonds

“You may be good looking/
But you're not a piece of art.”

— Marina And The Diamonds

♡I feel like I'm the worst so I always act like I'm the best♡

— Marina And The Diamonds

“I broke a million hearts just for fun”

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“Wish I'd been a prom queen fighting for the title
Instead of being sixteen and burning up a bible
Feeling super, super (super!) suicidal”

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

— Marina And The Diamonds

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

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

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

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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.

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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 ignoring each other.”

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

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it. That's human nature to believe that beauty is everything.”

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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 more inward and needy. Gross.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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“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.'”

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

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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.

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“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.”

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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 don't know how other singers do it.

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

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

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

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

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“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.”

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“I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an artist, you should keep creating as much as you possibly can.”

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“I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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 having a small breakdown!”

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“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.”

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“I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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

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“I don't want to live in real life. It's too harsh, too brutal.”

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“I don't really know how to live my life, just like lots of other people don't. I guess you just learn along the way.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“I want blood, guts, and chocolate cake.”

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Drink to forget; don't forget to drink.

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“People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact that you talk about quite serious things with a sense of irony and tongue-in-cheek humor. That's my personality as well.”

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

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“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.”

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“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!”

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