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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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" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

Day

Sitting

One Day

" I'll scroll through Instagram, but I have to take Internet breaks. "

" After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help. "

Lauren Mayberry

First

Singer

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The depressing reality is that campaigns like the Everyday Sexism Project would not need to exist were casual sexism not so startlingly commonplace. "

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

" Anne Carson and Angela Carter are folks I hold close to my heart because they have such unique ways of telling stories. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I guess I have a weird habit of writing body part metaphors. "

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

" If people are really hateful and disgusting in the way they treat other people, that probably came from a hurt place - but then, when does it stop? When does this spiral end? Sometimes you can get pretty melancholic about that. "

" Nobody is strong 100 percent of the time or falling apart 100 percent of the time; sometimes you're doing both at once. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Lauren Mayberry

Time

Never

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a personal Twitter for band purposes, but I don't use social media a lot. "

" 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. "

" We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm. "

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

Lauren Mayberry

Internet

I Am

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

" 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. "