I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris. It was rainy. It was all wrong. And I was thinking, 'God, she loved life so much.'


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I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not relig...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest t...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another al...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I'm not going to lie; I'm not a huge remix person.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I could draw up a list of about 30 artists who I apparently sound like. From Lady Gaga, to Katy Perr...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol station...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of s...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
My friend Oscar is one of those princes without kingdom who wander around hoping you'll kiss them so...
-MARINA ; CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN