Laufey

I was literally in the womb onstage at orchestra rehearsals.

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I'm so proud of being Asian and getting to connect with that side of myself is so special.

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

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When I started out, people were always asking me, 'Who do you want to be like?' I had no idea what to…

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I'll take any opportunity to kind of put my own spin on a jazz standard.

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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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You can speak something into existence or sing something into existence.

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I love clothes, I love fashion, and I love how much it can give a person an identity.

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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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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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I mean, my dream would be to act in something, or even do kind of a guest role, and couple that with…

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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 don't reject social media at all. Social media is the way to reach an audience and have it be in your…

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I felt like my hobbies were so different from my peers, that I came off as an extremely loud person. But then…

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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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The support and scholarships I received as a child have directly led to the career I have now. It's been a lifelong…

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You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't…

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Most of my friends' experience has been everything in between - all the confusion and the questions and the 'Oh, am I…

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I would sing in public, and everyone would be like, 'She's got the voice of a divorced woman in the body of…

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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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TikTok gives an artist a voice. I'm very careful to be very authentic on there - everything I do comes from me,…

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All I hope is I can move forward with the same 'I have nothing to lose' mindset.

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I started writing more like Bossa Nova style songs after moving to L.A.

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I know my position now as a role model for many, and I want to do them justice.

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

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I never thought that people would look at me and try to copy my style, but I love it so much.

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Most of my heroes exist in the past, so I don't get a chance to hang out with them.

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I live and I write, and I write and I live. It's kind of just how I am.

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

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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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That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.

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I think the flea markets in L.A. are the best shopping; otherwise, I shop a lot when I'm in Europe.

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

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Every new album for me is a blank book of stories to write.

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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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Love is the one thing that everybody goes through, but nobody really has cracked the code, right?

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I'm very clearly a girl that spends a lot of time on the Internet, just like every other sad girl.

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Jazz is all about that. It's bending things and breaking away from what's on the page and improvising.

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I'm not going to do anything insanely different, but an artist always wants to grow.

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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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