When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Writing with other people is the only way I ever really work. In some ways it's great because it's helpful to someone… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I think I have a vested interest in thinking that the lyrics are important, but I think for us it's important that… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
For us, the stuff we know is writing songs, playing shows, and that's what we're trying to concentrate on. Not trying to… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
It was always very important for us that we presented ourselves as a band, because it's a three-part writing process and it's… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Everyone's [ me, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty] equally involved in all the writing. Normally we'll start with a sample or a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
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… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where birds have… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.' — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
Even in the early stages, you can tell who thinks you're an idiot singing songs someone else has written for you. We never wanted… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
Just because I get to coast around in a nice, cushy little bubble, that's not how it is for everybody. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
I've been in bands since I was about fifteen, so there are probably quite a lot of terrible teenage songs kicking about somewhere. I'm… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
Making sure that we interact with the fanbase in a way that feels right to us has been really important. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share
![“Everyone's [ me, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty] equally involved in all the writing. Normally we'll start with a sample or a drumbeat, or a synth sound or something like that, and that will spark the initial idea. And then we'll write an instrumental sketch of a song, and then we put on a nonsense…” quote by Lauren Mayberry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c9c/lauren-mayberry-3504_bits_everyone-s-me-iain-cook-and-martin-doher_1387874.jpg)
