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

Lauren Mayberry

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" I never wanted to write really cheesy pop lyrics - like, 'baby, baby, the sun is shining' - that's not something that interests me personally. I'm always wanting to write something that has some kind of meaning. "

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" I guess I'm fortunate in that two things I always wanted to do, since I was 16, were play music and get into news media. I'm very lucky to have two things that can engage my brain at once. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine. "

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

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" After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help. "

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" 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. "

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" When people say stuff to us casually in reviews, if they write about it in a condescending way with really gendered language, that's not really about me. It used to hurt my feelings more than it does now. That's not about us as a band or me as a person. That's about how you feel about women, and that's a societal thing. "

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" 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. "

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" I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into. "

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" I'm conscious of what bands we tour with and what companies I want to be associated with, even in the small things: if I'm going to buy stage makeup, I want to get it from companies run by women. Those are little changes that will make a difference. "

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" I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can weave these American Gothic fairytales. I feel like I sound inauthentic when I do that, so I tend to write from a personal standpoint. "

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" There were times in my early 20s where I dealt with some anxiety and depression issues. At that time, it just feels like you're under the water, and you can't get out. "

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

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" Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where birds have all the colors. But instead, it's all focused on the aesthetics of being attractive to men. Even if you really don't think it is that, that's what we're doing. "

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" We went from playing small clubs to quite big stages quite quickly, and a lot of the time, I felt like I was trying to catch up with myself. Figuring out how to take up space was an interesting journey. "

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" Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over, and accept defeat? I hope not. "

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" Obviously, when you're working at things, you all hope that people will relate to it. "

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" I don't have a lot of time for things that are deliberately, achingly cool. "

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

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" I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are portrayed in the media in terms of images and tone of voice and what words are used. "

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" I never want to be the woman that's telling other women what to do. "

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" Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something. "

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" If you were 12, and Beyonce was up onstage saying to you, 'You get to do exactly whatever you want to do,' that would be awesome. I wish she said it to me when I was 12. "

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