M.I.A.

Oh this is a thread for me since I am collecting her inspirations for a long time now. 
 
Well first , lets talk about her music inspirations .
She loves the 'masters of every genre' . She loves Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen , Eminem , Biggie Smalls , Britney Spears and Nirvana . She is also a huge fan of Anthony and the Johnsons , the Crystal Method , The Beach Boys , Nina Simone , Elvis Presley , Chris Isaak , Bruce Springsteen and Jeff Buckley . 
She always listens to the same songs over and over again . The first single she ever bought was Coolios Gangsters Paradise . 
 
Her lyrical inspirations would be Allen Ginsberg and the other Beat poets , Walt Whitman  , Albert Camus and Sartre. She mentioned the last two in an interview and posted quotes of them . Allen Ginsbergs Howl was her introduction to the world of poetry and she said it changed her live , she is transporting a copy of it in her pocket . Cute , isnt it ?
She also loves self-help books like The Master Key System . Lolita the book and the movie is also a huge inspiration of hers. 
 
She generally loves the 50s, 60s and 20s . Fashion icons are Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall .
Oh , her favourite movies are The Godfather 1 and 2 , American Beauty (the soundtrack influenced Born To Die a lot) , Sin City , Virgin Suicide and Scarface. 
 
And also this is a fitting quote of hers .
 
 
 
 
 
/close this thread .
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Hey, here's the translated interview from Marie Claire (Russia). Sorry if you found some mistakes
 
You are always singing about disappointment. You had a sad love story?
Yes, in my life was the man next to whom I would like to live life. We were both innocent and happy. But his feelings were soon to fade. He was sitting at home in front of a computer, not paying attention to me. It has become impossible to live together. It was hard to accept. I'm up to it for so long struggled with loneliness! And when it seemed that finally found someone who will take care of me, it was over.
 
What you come up with in order to successfully compete with the monsters like Lady Gaga? Created their own image?
Thank you so think? (Laughs) I do not think that I am doing something special. I do not wear crazy costumes. I agree, sometimes my sweaters vintage look - but that is because they are perfect in the mood of my music. That's it. Perhaps my voice and text - is a little provocation, but I just want everything to be beautiful. That my music is a pleasant experience.
 
But the songs are a pretty grim. All of the loss of innocence and unjustified expectations. Hard life in New York hit you with an optimistic way of life?
It all started to New York. At puberty, I had a lot of problems, I was terribly unhappy creature. I behaved inappropriately, Saw sip to calm down several times heavily drunk. In New York, I have conceived a new life, writing songs. I was all alone in the city, and it spurred me - in many ways. I came across an interesting (and even quite unusual!) People I began to imitate. So with the help of music I learned to solve problems.
 
 
"Perhaps my voice and text - is a little provocation, but I just want everything to be beautiful"     Why did you name the album Born to Die («Born to die")?
Inspiration was the fear that I experienced as a child, when suddenly I realized that my father, my mother and I, we are all in this world sooner or later die. This philosophical crisis so far in my life.
 
Your favorite subject - loneliness. Are you still feel useless?
(Laughs) No, I feel satisfied. But by nature I am an introvert. So I sing about what happens to the girls who think they have found someone for life, and then all of a sudden their dreams are crumbling. Be alone, do not feel any attachment to someone is very difficult. I want to believe that happiness you meet.
 
Are you a shy person?
Closed. Very nervous when I have to first talk to someone I do not know.
 
This does not stop at the concerts?
Sometimes it is even noticeable. But I'm learning to cope with it. I repeat to myself, "Just relax, think only about the notes, but not about what and who is around you."
 
And what do you have besides music?
I have many other interests. I love jewelry. Jewelry. In New York, I have a favorite jeweler, he does amazing things. Perhaps this is not very original hobby? But I do not care. I always say to myself, 'Think of those who likes you, everything else you do not have to worry. " In my opinion, the main thing - to be a good person and to live an interesting life. It may sound naive, but this is the whole me.

link
 
its not from the VH1 interview, she had lots of different interviews with random shows/sites that day. Some of which still havent been found/posted.

OMG WHERE IS THIS FROM I NEED IT NOW .
 

OMG WHERE IS THIS FROM I NEED IT NOW .
 

My favourite Looks are her FERRARI JACKETS I want one for Christmas, because they are so cool.
Lana's style is influencing me VERY hard. I love it to wear my vintage gas station jacket from America (70's), my two finger ring and my adidas shoes.
This is really my style, I also wear white shirts and some other stuff. Omg, I'm such a LDR rip off
 
I miss her two finger ring. She was wearing it EVERY day and now she isn't wearing it anymore.

The fuck she is wearing lately :cry:
 

Lana tried to act like the guy in American Beauty. 

Well then I will try it this year again. I tried to meet her last year but I failed 
Imagine I would meet her this time and meet her in April again at the concert 

Of course she did . Its Rihanna .
 

I
NEED
MORE
 

Your covers are slaying. 

I
NEED
MORE
 

Let me tell you something about Lizzy Grant. We were best friends in middle school. I know, right? It's so embarrassing. I don't even... Whatever. So then in eighth grade, I started going out with my first boyfriend K who was totally gorgeous but then he moved to Indiana, and Lizzy was like, weirdly jealous of him. Like, if I would blow her off to hang out with K, she'd be like, "Why didn't you call me back?" And I'd be like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?" So then, for my birthday party, which was an all-girls pool party, I was like, "Lizzy, I can't invite you, because I think you're lesbian." I mean I couldn't have a lesbian at my party. There were gonna be girls there in their *bathing suits*. I mean, right? She was a LESBIAN. So then her mom called my mom and started yelling at her, it was so retarded. And then she dropped out of school because no one would talk to her, and she came back in the fall for high school, all of her hair was cut off and she was totally weird, and now I guess she's on crack 
 
 
 

Yup, I've known lizzy since 2003. I had an affair w/ her dad. :hehe:

I'm pretty sure if anyone here claims they knew her back in her Lizzy era, they're lying.

This gif expresses it all. 

Well then I will try it this year again. I tried to meet her last year but I failed 
Imagine I would meet her this time and meet her in April again at the concert 

Her hair . What is she doing                

I may overreact but this is just too much. I am out .
 

Her hair . What is she doing                

Her hair . What is she doing                

Die Message, die Du mir geschickt hattest, um Dich zu bedanken wegen dem Poster? Yepp, die hab ich bekommen, und eigentlich hatte ich die auch beantwortet! Ist nichts angekommen bei Dir?
 
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Met a lot of CI fans who say they like his older stuff. I love it all, but prefer his newer songs if I had to choose.
 
He was hot? To me he becomes hotter and hotter with every new year ... ;-P
 
'Dont make me dream about you', I love the video - black n white one, really sexy!

I really like the records Forever Blue and Heart Shaped World. I have them in my iTunes.