Lorde

Getting caught's half of the trip, though, isn't it?

— Lorde

Everyone’s competing for a love they won't receive.

— Lorde

“We aren't caught up in your love affair”

— Lorde

We're hollow like the bottles that we drink.

— Lorde

It's a new art form, showing people how little we care.

— Lorde

I'll let you in on something big: I'm not a white-teeth teen.

— Lorde

“it feels so scary getting old.”

— Lorde

The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up.

— Lorde

Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females.

— Lorde

I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music…

— Lorde

Chance is the only game we play with. We let our battles choose us.

— Lorde

I don't think people look at how pop stars live and feel anything aspirational at all.

— Lorde

I'm a Kiwi. I'm from a beach suburb called Takapuna, which is on the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand.

— Lorde

I try to stay away from talking about boys all the time. You can go to Taylor Swift to hear that.

— Lorde

I am only as young as the minute is, full of it, getting pumped up on the little bright things I bought.

— Lorde

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen.

— Lorde

My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up…

— Lorde

In a perfect world, I would never do any interviews, and probably there would be one photo out there of me, and…

— Lorde

I'm really interested in kind of weird social situations and cliques, watching girls vying for attention, watching how the popularity thing happens.…

— Lorde

“We've both got a million bad habits to kick, not sleeping is one. We're biting our nails, you're biting my lip, I'm…

— Lorde

I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be…

— Lorde

Musicians like James Blake were a big influence on me. How he uses his vocals is amazing. And then Yeasayer and Animal…

— Lorde

People respond to something which intrigues them instead of something that gives them all the information - particularly in pop, which is,…

— Lorde

What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child,…

— Lorde

My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making…

— Lorde

So many interviews, even ones that I consider really intelligent and good writers, will do the, like, 'Oh, you're not taking your…

— Lorde

And we'll never be royals, royals. It don't run in our blood. That kind of luxe just ain't for us. We crave…

— Lorde

I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and people will be like,…

— Lorde

I've totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what's right for you.…

— Lorde

Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake. They all sing…

— Lorde

I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of…

— Lorde

We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can…

— Lorde

There's something about hanging out with the wicked kids.

— Lorde

“Don't you think that is boring how people talk”

— Lorde

“Let me in the ring. I'll show you what that big word means.”

— Lorde

Glory and gore go hand in hand.

— Lorde

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

— Lorde

We're so happy, even when we're smiling out of fear.

— Lorde

I've always hung out with people older than me, with my parents' friends, because I appreciated the conversation.

— Lorde

Go on your great adventure again, and we'll be waiting at the end.

— Lorde