"Do the pentagrams on the cover of Afternoons in Utopia reflect your religious beliefs?"
"About as much as the pentagrams on the American flag reflect the religious beliefs of the American people."
[Marian Gold during a press conference in New York, November 1986]

Marian: "In South Africa, we decided to give the anti-apartheid movement all the proceeds from the sale of our first LP, Forever Young . Musicians are not always negative..."

Q. "What would you do if one day a fan meeting you burst into tears and said 'I love you'?"
A. "I'd ask her what makes her so sad about it."
[From an interview with Marian Gold by Alessandra Montrucchio]

Ricky: "From where the band's name comes [...] if in the film Alphaville is dominated by the computer which imposes its order and its government, in the group it's totally the contrary."

Interviewer: "How long did your longest/shortest love affair last?"
Marian: "When I'm in love, I look at the watch and not at the calendar."

Interviewer: "Are you hampered in real life by the whirl of money and glory which you sing about in the song 'Lies'"?
Marian: "'Lies' was just a fantasy about this fame and business thing. Later we found out that this kind of life is far less interesting than we'd expected."

Ricky: "We don't want to be politicians. Also, our music isn't really a bearer of messages... it's rather symbolic. We hope our music allows people to think and dream: before trying to change the world you must change yourself."

Marian (writing about "Carol Masters"): "Long ago, a fan wrote to me, 'Fantasy is faster than light.' Wonderful! Carol will always stand at the gate of my dreams... or are they hers... or yours?..."

Marian: "The fact that we became famous with disco/pop music doesn't mean we have sawdust in our heads."

Dan Tulovsky (on IRC): "Have you guys ever done a show in Japan?"
Bernhard: "No, we did no show in Japan. We were always lying: we were never big in Japan and we are getting older."