Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor) Quotes

My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.

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• I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.

  

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• I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.

  

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• I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.

  

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• Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

  

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• As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.

  

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• My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

  

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• Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.

  

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• The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.

  

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• I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

  

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• My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.

  

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• Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

  

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• My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!

  

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• My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

  

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• Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides in the small print.

  

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• In my school days, everyone thought I'm too tall for a Chinese girl.

  

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• Had my parents not had visas, had my parents not had the resources to hire lawyers, I would be a DREAM Act kid, too.

  

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• I care about how you feel when you're wearing something, because I think that if you feel confident, you look beautiful.

  

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• Artificial lighting, air-conditioning, and automobiles, all powered by fossil fuels, swaddle us in our giddy modernity. In our ergonomic chairs and acoustical-panel cubicles, we sit cozy as kings atop 300 years of flaming carbon.

  

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• My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.

  

  Lorde
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  • Music
  • Home