Marina and the diamonds

Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and 'Electra Heart' is my response to that. It is a frank album.

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

I'm a very, very disciplined person.

Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like someone who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.

I feel weird without lipstick. Even after the first time I wore a really neon pink or a really bright red, I felt really strange without it there. My lips are a main feature, so I feel naked without...

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.