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" A relationship can be deeply damaging without anyone leaving marks on you. So many people - especially young women - end up trying to maintain those emotionally abusive relationships because we don't think it's that bad and that we are really some of the lucky ones because we haven't experienced 'real' abuse. "

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" I've come to terms with the fact that standing and screaming in someone's face about how wrong they are is never gonna make anyone change. "

" If Radiohead made a video where Thom Yorke was featured more than the other members, nobody would say anything. "

" We all like to believe we are completely self-sufficient, but at the end of it all, we're all searching for a human connection, something to make it all feel a bit more worthwhile. "

" Growing up in Scotland and living in Glasgow, you see the heritage that religion has had and how something that, in theory, is about kindness and community and caring for each other is used to persecute people. "

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

" No one has a better idea of what Chvrches is than we do. "

" Margaret Thatcher was a lady. I suppose she was a woman in a man's world, but that's about the only nice thing I have to say. "

" The bands that we've found we have something in common with are bands like The National or Tegan And Sara, and I feel like that's because all three of us come from more alternative rock backgrounds. "

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" I have a personal Twitter for band purposes, but I don't use social media a lot. "

" I am in a band that was born on the Internet. "

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" Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes, or cinemas. It means you can afford to do the thing you love. "

" The music industry isn't unionised in the same way Hollywood is. If I've got a problem, who do I go to? "

" You can't believe everything you read in a newspaper or everything that's coming out of the president's mouth. And you can't believe when someone posts a picture from their personal life, because most of the time, it's staged - we're showing each other these idealized versions of ourselves so that we seem better and other people will feel worse. "

" 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 how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either? "

" Sometimes if you don't take the easy option, it'll pay dividends in the long run. "

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

" Even in the early stages, you can tell who thinks you're an idiot singing songs someone else has written for you. We never wanted to be two producers and a girl who wears some shoes. "

" Japan has always been a really special place for Chvrches. "

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

" People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because we signed to a major in the U.K., and that system objectifies women. Or people have complained that I don't dance. But I like the idea that I can stomp around the stage if I want. "

" We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account. "

" I guess I have a weird habit of writing body part metaphors. "

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

" I get this weird, existential crisis when I'm looking through Instagram - and then I'll realize we work in entertainment. We know all the smoke and mirrors. "

" It's nice to squash people's expectations. "

" There's a difference between criticism and hatred. "

" We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music. "

" We're in entertainment. We're supposed to be making music that communicates with people, but ultimately, it's supposed to be something that people can enjoy. Sometimes you just want to escape for an hour and a half. "

" The film world feels like a smaller world than music. "

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