A biography for Marina and the Diamondshasn’t been written yet.
“I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.”
“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 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.”
“Music is my 90% of my life and my biggest passion. I really don't have an interest in anything else.”
“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.”
“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 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 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'm not going to lie; I'm not a huge remix person.”
“Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you've done to other people.”
“Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!”
“You have to be your biggest believer.”
“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?”
“Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.”
“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 actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.”
“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 quite like dark humor.”
“Obviously when you're a teen you have no money, so you make, like, three outfits out of one dress. You're like, 'OK cut the arms here. Alright: New party, cut them to here.'”
“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.”