Music Quotes by Laufey

My mom could tell that I had a natural inclination for music.

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I took classical music very seriously as a kid.

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Obviously, I want to be taken seriously as a musician.

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I always say I became the musician that I wanted and needed.

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I truly feel like I'm growing up with my music.

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I'm very confident in my music.

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My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road.

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I hope I'm doing my part in making jazz and classical music more accessible!

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Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians.

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I always hope that my music is a gateway for people to get to know jazz.

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I'm breaking so many rules every single day, and I think that's where you make good music.

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With the kind of music I make, I make very individualistic choices.

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I like to say I listened to three genres of music growing up: classical, jazz and Taylor Swift.

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Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a…

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I went to Berklee for college: a good musical training ground, but there's no direct line between that and the music industry.

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Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do…

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AWAL's steadfast commitment to my creative autonomy has been essential in providing me the space and freedom to create music on my…

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Classical music was very much a part of my life growing up, and it was always playing in the house. And music…

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There are fans who've been listening to my music since the very beginning. Time is the most valuable resource, and the fact…

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My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best,…

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A large portion of my audience is younger - audiences that would primarily listen to pop music otherwise - so the fact…

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At the end of the day, what are genres? I've spent my whole life trying to fit into some sort of box.…

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I would say I take a lot of inspiration from jazz and I borrow a lot of principles from it and classical…

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Jazz songs have always been quite literal because many of them are taken from musical theater and you only have a couple…

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I want to see if I can keep the integrity of my music but also allow myself to try out a bit…

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That's why I always strive to make timeless, almost a bit cinematic music, because I guess I was looking for an escape…

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I'm just gonna let my music live.

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I'm just going to keep making the music I want and hope that it reaches as many ears as possible.

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I think music was always written in the stars for me. I feel like I really had no choice. If I dared…

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With 'Goddess,' I think the song itself tells such a strong story. And for the music video, we really wanted to do…

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I think jazz is a bit gatekept. Personally, I think that everyone has space in them to enjoy jazz and jazz-adjacent music.…

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I think the Gen Z audience has such a versatile palette. With streaming services and with the Internet, music isn't so boxed…

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I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's…

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