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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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Lauren Mayberry

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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. "

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

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

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

Lauren Mayberry

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Been

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I operate a pretty strict muting and blocking policy on Twitter. "

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

Lauren Mayberry

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Than

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am in a band that was born on the Internet. "

Lauren Mayberry

Internet

I Am

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

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

" I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's a difference between criticism and hatred. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either? "

" Obviously, when you're working at things, you all hope that people will relate to it. "

" I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine. "