My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road. — Laufey Accessible Copy Share Image
I hope I'm doing my part in making jazz and classical music more accessible! — Laufey Accessible Copy Share Image
I never want to stay stagnant, but also want to stay true to myself and true to my sound. — Laufey Myself Copy Share Image
I never look back after finishing a song and think, 'Damn, why did I do that?' — Laufey Back Copy Share Image
I know my position now as a role model for many, and I want to do them justice. — Laufey Justice 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 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
It's funny - there can be so many people around you and so many fans, and you can still feel a bit… — Laufey Alone Copy Share Image
Bossa nova is about how you can express yourself without being too loud. It's a quiet way of singing, almost spoken. That… — Laufey Express yourself Copy Share Image
The support and scholarships I received as a child have directly led to the career I have now. It's been a lifelong… — Laufey Children Copy Share Image
My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best,… — Laufey Best 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 Finding 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 Billie holiday 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 would say I take a lot of inspiration from jazz and I borrow a lot of principles from it and classical… — Laufey Broken 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
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 would sing in public, and everyone would be like, 'She's got the voice of a divorced woman in the body of… — Laufey Body Copy Share Image
All I hope is I can move forward with the same 'I have nothing to lose' mindset. — Laufey Forward Copy Share Image
I love clothes, I love fashion, and I love how much it can give a person an identity. — Laufey Fashion Copy Share Image
Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians. — Laufey Classical music Copy Share Image
I'll take any opportunity to kind of put my own spin on a jazz standard. — Laufey Jazz Copy Share Image
When I started out, people were always asking me, 'Who do you want to be like?' I had no idea what to… — Laufey Always Copy Share Image
I always hope that my music is a gateway for people to get to know jazz. — Laufey Always Copy Share Image
With the kind of music I make, I make very individualistic choices. — Laufey Choices Copy Share Image
