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" I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine. "
Lauren Mayberry
Different
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" Just because I get to coast around in a nice, cushy little bubble, that's not how it is for everybody. "
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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 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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" I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.' "
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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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" 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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" We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do since our music is a little bit poppier. "
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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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" 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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