I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville. Marina and the Diamonds More Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds More Quotes From Marina and the Diamonds I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative. Marina and the Diamonds makeupartistthinking Fake it, fake your confidence until it's real. I think it's a good way to live most of your life. Marina and the Diamonds fakerealthinking 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. Marina and the Diamonds differentidentityplay There's no one particular road that will lead you to success. I think everybody will find it differently. Marina and the Diamonds particularthinking 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. Marina and the Diamonds inwardwantlove-you I've really come into my own as an artist. I'm much more sure of my identity and understand it much better, and have accepted the fact that I like to jump around a lot in terms of who I am and what kind of music I create, and that it is okay - in fact, that is my main identity, the fact that I do that. Marina and the Diamonds who-i-amartistidentity 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. Marina and the Diamonds ambitioussidesheart My biggest fear is love and getting hurt in love but still believing. Marina and the Diamonds stillshurtbelieve I don't want to live in real life. It's too harsh, too brutal. Marina and the Diamonds harshrealwant 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. Marina and the Diamonds lightperfectthinking I think I actually did write about love because I kind of had a fear of it, like we all do, nobody wants to get hurt. Marina and the Diamonds hurtwritinglove-is 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 very elongating. Marina and the Diamonds pumpslooksmoving I feel like artists that are always quite sad in real life always make really happy music, and artists who are really bouncy and bubbly always make really sad music. Marina and the Diamonds sad-musicartistreal I quite like dark humor. Marina and the Diamonds dark-humordark You can’t have peace without a war. Marina and the Diamonds war Drink to forget; don't forget to drink. Marina and the Diamonds drinkforget 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. Marina and the Diamonds personalitypeoplethinking I'm obsessed with the mess that's America. Marina and the Diamonds messobsessedamerica 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. Marina and the Diamonds fitkindknows If you believe something enough, it comes true eventually, and that's so true even with lies. If you tell yourself a lie, after a few years you'll think it's true. Marina and the Diamonds believelyingthinking
