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" I spent a lot of time reading 'Cosmopolitan' and quietly crying. "
Lauren Mayberry
Crying
Lot
Quietly
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" I operate a pretty strict muting and blocking policy on Twitter. "
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" No one has a better idea of what Chvrches is than we do. "
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" 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. "
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" First time we played in New York was in 2013. It was all very eye-opening. A very bright lights, big-city sort of vibe, and we played the Mercury Lounge. "
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" 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. "
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" To me, it is not necessarily you responding that trolls want: they want to scare, they want to intimidate, and they want to silence people - so ignoring it doesn't make a difference. "
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" The depressing reality is that campaigns like the Everyday Sexism Project would not need to exist were casual sexism not so startlingly commonplace. "
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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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" I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it. "
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" Some of the most powerful female performers I've seen balance the feminine and the masculine and are incredibly strong. Like, I think Hayley Williams is one of the best rock performers. "
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" Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.' "
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" The music industry isn't unionised in the same way Hollywood is. If I've got a problem, who do I go to? "
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" I wouldn't want to do a solo project. "
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" There are so many problems with feminism, as women spend a lot of time telling other women what to do, and that distracts from the actual problem. "
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" Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things. We all still view what we do as indie and alternative in terms of how we execute it, even if the actual music we make is more pop than our previous projects. "
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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 think looking at the front row of a Chvrches show is really diverse. It could be 50-year-old dudes who love Depeche Mode or teenagers or teenage girls and their dad. "
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" I'll scroll through Instagram, but I have to take Internet breaks. "
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Take
Instagram
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" Every conversation we have as a band is about gender in some way, and it's been like that from the beginning. "
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" People say Taylor Swift's not feminist enough or Beyonce's not feminist enough, but there are 12-year-old girls going to their shows and taking an awesome message. "
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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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" One guy came to a show and was like, 'You're going to be huge. I can see it in my mind's eye. We could make you the next Pixie Lott.' I did an internal scream and ran away. "
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" I've been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager. "
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" We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with. "
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" When people say, 'Stay in your lane; you're a musician, so you should only talk about music,' what do you think songs are written about? I connect with music because what somebody has said has resonated with me in one way or another. "
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" Japan has always been a really special place for Chvrches. "
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" I like the idea of a record being more than one thing emotionally - human beings go through so many emotions in one day - and I like those things sitting next to each other. "
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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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