Marina and the Diamonds Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : October 10, 1985 Browse All Authors Top 70 quotes by Marina and the Diamonds [Being in the States] is almost like being on a holiday. It's kind of annoying because everyone's like "Oh, you're so obsessed with America," but it's not really that. I just really enjoy being here - I'm not the first British artist to make music here and be inspired by the country. Marina and the Diamonds holiday artist country I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people. Marina and the Diamonds musical-ability people thinking I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best. Marina and the Diamonds worst feels 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! Marina and the Diamonds suits fashion figures 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. Marina and the Diamonds artist writing moving 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. Marina and the Diamonds impact crazy people 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. Marina and the Diamonds celebrity-culture imagine culture Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much. Marina and the Diamonds fleeting realising too-much Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically. Marina and the Diamonds things-in-life hollywood brain I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger. Marina and the Diamonds acting dancing creative Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations. Marina and the Diamonds touring tough bigs 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. Marina and the Diamonds sunglasses finals nice I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society. Marina and the Diamonds pop-music happenings pops I'm a very, very disciplined person. Marina and the Diamonds persons I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy. Marina and the Diamonds turned-off google internet 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? Marina and the Diamonds restaurants private-life want I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world. Marina and the Diamonds privacy feels world 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. Marina and the Diamonds nature beautiful beauty life 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. Marina and the Diamonds i-am better me vintage 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 also had this very sexual side that people didn't really want to accept. Marina and the Diamonds girl time long people Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors