My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road. — Laufey Copy Share Image
I think people care a lot more about mood and feeling than they do genre. — Laufey Care Copy Share Image
Silver Lining' is a love song about being able to set your true personality free when you fall in love. — Laufey Fall in love Copy Share Image
I'm constantly thinking about classical and jazz, how to properly preserve them and pay homage. — Laufey Copy Share Image
I hope I'm doing my part in making jazz and classical music more accessible! — Laufey Copy Share Image
I never look back after finishing a song and think, 'Damn, why did I do that?' — Laufey Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a… — Laufey Beautiful Copy Share Image
I mean, my dream would be to act in something, or even do kind of a guest role, and couple that with… — Laufey Dream Copy Share Image
I don't reject social media at all. Social media is the way to reach an audience and have it be in your… — Laufey Media Copy Share Image
I went to Berklee for college: a good musical training ground, but there's no direct line between that and the music industry. — Laufey College Copy Share Image
Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do… — Laufey Freedom Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I had this kind of debilitating crush. My first thought was just, 'Oh my God, everybody goes… — Laufey Crush Copy Share Image
With 'Goddess,' I think the song itself tells such a strong story. And for the music video, we really wanted to do… — Laufey Director Copy Share Image
AWAL's steadfast commitment to my creative autonomy has been essential in providing me the space and freedom to create music on my… — Laufey Autonomy Copy Share Image
Growing up, I really struggled with finding a group of people that I really understood and that understood me. The fact that… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's… — Laufey Discipline Copy Share Image
When I started singing, I had this lower register alto sound, which resonated with the darker timbres of voices like Ella Fitzgerald,… — Laufey Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what are genres? I've spent my whole life trying to fit into some sort of box.… — Laufey Classical music Copy Share Image
I knew I was half Chinese, but Iceland is so homogenous that I wasn't able to identify with the Asian part of… — Laufey Asian Copy Share Image
I would say I take a lot of inspiration from jazz and I borrow a lot of principles from it and classical… — Laufey Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was running around the conservatory, playing with my grandparents' students who were like babysitters, taking cello and piano… — Laufey Food Copy Share Image
Jazz songs have always been quite literal because many of them are taken from musical theater and you only have a couple… — Laufey Jazz Copy Share Image
I never want to stay stagnant, but also want to stay true to myself and true to my sound. — Laufey Copy Share Image