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 with people and you feel the energy in the room. When the crowd is going...”

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

“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.”

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

“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 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 affect...”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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,...”

“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 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.”

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

“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 an...”

“I'm not going to lie; I'm not a huge remix person.”

“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.”