Marina and the Diamonds Quotes

I've always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I'm not trying to be a pop star - I just like to do it.

Growing up, I always wanted to sing.

I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

I want to be known for my music, and that takes time.

I went to college to find myself. That's where I really realized I wanted to be a recording artist and started on the process of figuring out how to do that.

I originally wanted to be a rapper and musician.

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon.

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and try to get as many gigs as I could. I wanted to keep writing and then eventually, in my twenties, head to a record label and hope they'd sit down and listen to my book of songs, sign me as a songwriter and maybe an artist in development.

I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always secretly wanted to be an artist.

For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.

I always tell people that the music industry may be frustrating sometimes, but the singing never gets old. It's something I grew up doing, and I take the bitter with the sweet.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I was very disenchanted in the industry for a long time before I met GaGa. Everyone wanted a 'Single Ladies' for their artist, or a Puffy move.

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was very young.

After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.

I've honestly never worked with Beyonce. It would be awesome, though; I would love that.

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.