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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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Lauren Mayberry

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that. "

" I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic. "

" I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.' "

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

You

Wish

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

" I'm not in the business of telling people 'DIY or die,' but I do think it's important to be as hands-on with what you're doing as possible. "

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

Lauren Mayberry

World

Than

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

" I guess, at the end of the day, I want to be viewed as a musician. "

" 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. "

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

Lauren Mayberry

Way

Been

" 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!' "

" Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes, or cinemas. It means you can afford to do the thing you love. "

" 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. "

" I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it. "

" 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. "

" We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with. "

" I would rather write something that's authentic to me than something that'll be likely to get played on the radio but doesn't have any substance to it. People can see through that really quickly. "

" Margaret Thatcher was a lady. I suppose she was a woman in a man's world, but that's about the only nice thing I have to say. "

" Just because I get to coast around in a nice, cushy little bubble, that's not how it is for everybody. "

" Sometimes if you don't take the easy option, it'll pay dividends in the long run. "

" I don't want to sound negative here, but I don't know any lady that was surprised by #MeToo. "

" 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. "

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

Lauren Mayberry

Being

" 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. "