Marina and the Diamonds Quotes

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.

I care about how I carry and present myself.

Stylistically, I love make-up. I love doing my own make-up and stuff, but clothes-wise, I actually didn't ever really care. Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.

Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.

If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.

I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.

Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

As a woman, and as somebody in the public eye, we always have to be ready for the red carpet and have the nicest outfit, work with the best makeup artist. While all that's nice, we're also human beings.

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

I pay attention to how I look but I don't let it go too far.

I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people see that more so than they see anything else. That's just who I am.

It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.

I'm trying to have some control over my image.

I love fashion and always have something put together, but I won't wear anything specifically to be photographed in. I have become more cautious of making funny faces in public.

I always get criticized for my clothing because I like wearing jeans and T-shirts. There's nothing wrong with dressing sexy. It's just I don't want to be anything that I'm not. I'm not here to be a fashion icon. I am here to make songs.