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

I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically.

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  Lorde
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  • Mom
  • Poetry