Lauren Mayberry

There's a difference between criticism and hatred.

— Lauren Mayberry

I operate a pretty strict muting and blocking policy on Twitter.

— Lauren Mayberry

I never want to be the woman that's telling other women what to do.

— Lauren Mayberry

It's nice to squash people's expectations.

— Lauren Mayberry

Cacie Dalager's voice is beautiful, and her lyrics break my heart.

— Lauren Mayberry

I guess I have a weird habit of writing body part metaphors.

— Lauren Mayberry

I'll scroll through Instagram, but I have to take Internet breaks.

— Lauren Mayberry

I'm abstaining from romance and the discussion of romance.

— Lauren Mayberry

Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.'

— Lauren Mayberry

Making sure that we interact with the fanbase in a way that feels right to us has been really important.

— Lauren Mayberry

Obviously, when you're working at things, you all hope that people will relate to it.

— Lauren Mayberry

Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

I don't know Justin Bieber so I wouldn't want to marry a man I don't know.

— Lauren Mayberry

I don't want to sound negative here, but I don't know any lady that was surprised by #MeToo.

— Lauren Mayberry

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

— Lauren Mayberry

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

I feel like I would need to investigate and get some local tips. I think if I've learned anything from being on…

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I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think…

— Lauren Mayberry

I guess I'm fortunate in that two things I always wanted to do, since I was 16, were play music and get…

— Lauren Mayberry

First time we played in New York was in 2013. It was all very eye-opening. A very bright lights, big-city sort of…

— Lauren Mayberry

We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or…

— Lauren Mayberry

I went to an island in the Bahamas full of iguanas. You don't live on the island, obviously, because it's solely populated…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

A relationship can be deeply damaging without anyone leaving marks on you. So many people - especially young women - end up…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

'Princess' is a good word, as is 'girlish', 'pixie-like' and all these other things. I personally find it a bit boring, it's…

— Lauren Mayberry

I have a personal Twitter for band purposes, but I don't use social media a lot. I fall in a weird age…

— Lauren Mayberry

We've done a couple of women's mags, but we tend to talk about feminism and women in the industry, which I feel…

— Lauren Mayberry

People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because…

— Lauren Mayberry

I worked in a lot of cinemas when I was at college, and I'm a movie dork, and it's a nice thing…

— Lauren Mayberry

You can't believe everything you read in a newspaper or everything that's coming out of the president's mouth. And you can't believe…

— Lauren Mayberry

The film world feels like a smaller world than music.

— Lauren Mayberry

No one has a better idea of what Chvrches is than we do.

— Lauren Mayberry

I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it.

— Lauren Mayberry

Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you.

— Lauren Mayberry

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.

— Lauren Mayberry

I am in a band that was born on the Internet.

— Lauren Mayberry

I don't want to write the same song over and over again.

— Lauren Mayberry

I spent a lot of time reading 'Cosmopolitan' and quietly crying.

— Lauren Mayberry