Lauren Mayberry Quotes
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Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over, and accept defeat? I hope not.
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There are so many problems with feminism, as women spend a lot of time telling other women what to do, and that distracts from the actual problem.
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I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.'
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I guess I have a weird habit of writing body part metaphors.
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People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because we signed to a major in the U.K., and that system objectifies women. Or people have complained that I don't dance. But I like the idea that I can stomp around the stage if I want.
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Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things.
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I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it.
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After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help.
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Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.
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I spent a lot of time reading 'Cosmopolitan' and quietly crying.
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I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.
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I speak a little bit of French and German, but apparently, I'm really bad at Dutch. The pronunciations are quite hard. I tried to say 'hello' in Dutch, and it did not work. People were just like, 'What?'
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First time we played in New York was in 2013. It was all very eye-opening. A very bright lights, big-city sort of vibe, and we played the Mercury Lounge.
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The music industry isn't unionised in the same way Hollywood is. If I've got a problem, who do I go to?
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Just because I get to coast around in a nice, cushy little bubble, that's not how it is for everybody.
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I would rather write something that's authentic to me than something that'll be likely to get played on the radio but doesn't have any substance to it. People can see through that really quickly.
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Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things. We all still view what we do as indie and alternative in terms of how we execute it, even if the actual music we make is more pop than our previous projects.
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There's a difference between criticism and hatred.
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I wouldn't want to do a solo project.
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We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.
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I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers but in lyricists as well.
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Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck.
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If there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that sticks in your brain, that seems to be something that works.
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My dissertation was on the idea of feminine-themed women's magazines, so like how the ideal woman is put across by women's magazines.