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" I went to an island in the Bahamas full of iguanas. You don't live on the island, obviously, because it's solely populated by iguanas, and it's not allowed. "

Lauren Mayberry

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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. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

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

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" We've done a couple of women's mags, but we tend to talk about feminism and women in the industry, which I feel more comfortable talking about. It's a more valuable discussion than, 'Oh, you're a girl in a band. What hair conditioner do you use?' I use hair conditioner, and I like talking about it. But I don't want that to be the question. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" I had somebody say to me once, 'You can't make the kind of music you're making and call yourself a feminist.' The door was slammed on them swiftly after that. "

Lauren Mayberry

" I've been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

Lauren Mayberry

" I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.' "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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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" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers but in lyricists as well. "

Lauren Mayberry

" I find it quite boring when you're listening to radio, and it's the same kind of voice that's on every song on the radio. You can't really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they're singing. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck. "

Lauren Mayberry

" Every conversation we have as a band is about gender in some way, and it's been like that from the beginning. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

" If you give me half an hour on the Internet, I can hate myself completely by the end of that 30 minutes. "

Lauren Mayberry

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

Lauren Mayberry

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry