Lauren Mayberry

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

— Lauren Mayberry

I speak a little bit of French and German, but apparently, I'm really bad at Dutch. The pronunciations are quite hard. I…

— Lauren Mayberry

I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that.

— Lauren Mayberry

I think looking at the front row of a Chvrches show is really diverse. It could be 50-year-old dudes who love Depeche…

— 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

Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

— Lauren Mayberry

Even in the early stages, you can tell who thinks you're an idiot singing songs someone else has written for you. We…

— Lauren Mayberry

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't,…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

— Lauren Mayberry

Just because I get to coast around in a nice, cushy little bubble, that's not how it is for everybody.

— Lauren Mayberry

I've been in bands since I was about fifteen, so there are probably quite a lot of terrible teenage songs kicking about…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

— Lauren Mayberry

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

— Lauren Mayberry

I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out.

— Lauren Mayberry

I like the idea of a record being more than one thing emotionally - human beings go through so many emotions in…

— Lauren Mayberry

I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic.

— Lauren Mayberry

I've been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager.

— Lauren Mayberry

I'm conscious of what bands we tour with and what companies I want to be associated with, even in the small things:…

— 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

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

— 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

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

If you were 12, and Beyonce was up onstage saying to you, 'You get to do exactly whatever you want to do,'…

— Lauren Mayberry

Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time…

— Lauren Mayberry