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" Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something. "
Lauren Mayberry
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" Moving from a first to a second album is an incredibly transitional time for any band because you never get to make one in a vacuum like you did with your debut. "
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" Cacie Dalager's voice is beautiful, and her lyrics break my heart. "
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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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" 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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" 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'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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" 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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" 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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" 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 don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that. "
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" 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. "
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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'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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Change
How
Face
" Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things. "
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Things
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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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Short
Been
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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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Depression
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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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" If you give me half an hour on the Internet, I can hate myself completely by the end of that 30 minutes. "
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End
Internet
You
" 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. "
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" Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.' "
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" I'll scroll through Instagram, but I have to take Internet breaks. "
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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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" 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
Silence
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Me
" Some musicians don't have strong opinions, or they deliberately don't have strong opinions because they want to try and sell as many records as possible. "
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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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" 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. "
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Open
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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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" Somebody said to me once that Chvrches was an emo band in disguise, but nobody had figured it out yet, and I thought, 'You're not wrong!' "
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You
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Nobody
" I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine. "
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" If we just stand at two opposite ends of the spectrum screaming in each other's face, we're never gonna get anything done. I don't agree with a Trump voter, but why do they feel like that? Yes, some of those people are racist and have hateful opinions, but some of those people voted for him because they felt completely left behind. "
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