Marina and the Diamonds Quotes

Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be recognized.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

I know the book on me is I'm bombastic and over-the-top, but I think people who know me know that's a part of who I am, but it's not who I am.

I don't want a 'good' image.

I want to show people how I really am. Most people are only familiar with some of the headlines.

I'm grateful that the public think of me as a sweet guy, but there are times when I get worried that my behavior would disappoint the public. I'd like to show them that there are different sides of me.

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that.

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives.

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

I think it's totally up to the individual if they'd like a private life or if they'd like to be in the public eye - it's a choice you can make.

There's a way of negotiating how you portray your private life publicly that I've never had the skill to do.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

Sometimes it's hard to open up about your personal life, your relationship because you always want the music to be in the forefront. You want the music to be the biggest carrier of everything that you represent.

I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, my hair or the way I look.

Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.

It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.

I don't want everybody to just see the baseball side of me.