Lauren Mayberry Quotes
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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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Moving from a first to a second album is an incredibly transitional time for any band because you never get to make one in a vacuum like you did with your debut.
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It's nice to squash people's expectations.
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It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.'
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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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If you give me half an hour on the Internet, I can hate myself completely by the end of that 30 minutes.
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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.
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I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are portrayed in the media in terms of images and tone of voice and what words are used.
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I enjoy working with people. That seems simplistic, but whenever I'm distressed, angry, and want to feel like something can be done about something, it feels better when you surround yourself with people.
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I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic.
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Obviously, when you're working at things, you all hope that people will relate to it.
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There will never be a job that I do in this industry where I don't have to talk about being a woman. I will always be a female artist. People will put that in front whether you like it or not.
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We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.
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When people say stuff to us casually in reviews, if they write about it in a condescending way with really gendered language, that's not really about me. It used to hurt my feelings more than it does now. That's not about us as a band or me as a person. That's about how you feel about women, and that's a societal thing.
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When people say, 'Stay in your lane; you're a musician, so you should only talk about music,' what do you think songs are written about? I connect with music because what somebody has said has resonated with me in one way or another.
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There's a difference between criticism and hatred.
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I find it quite boring when you're listening to radio, and it's the same kind of voice that's on every song on the radio. You can't really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they're singing.
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I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out.
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I think looking at the front row of a Chvrches show is really diverse. It could be 50-year-old dudes who love Depeche Mode or teenagers or teenage girls and their dad.
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We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with.
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Some musicians don't have strong opinions, or they deliberately don't have strong opinions because they want to try and sell as many records as possible.
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The bands that we've found we have something in common with are bands like The National or Tegan And Sara, and I feel like that's because all three of us come from more alternative rock backgrounds.
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If Radiohead made a video where Thom Yorke was featured more than the other members, nobody would say anything.
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I never want to be the woman that's telling other women what to do.