Marina and the Diamonds

“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.”

“I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and it's my favorite way of figuring an outfit.”

“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 ver...”

“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 really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so I like kitten heels occasionally because I can move around a bit easier, but pointy-toed pumps are ve...”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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 al...”

“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!”

“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 an...”

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

“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 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 often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then replicates them and makes a more robust version in different colors, with a pocket for my mic p...”

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

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

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

“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 eve...”