Quotes from Lauren Mayberry

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.'

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Internet has been really amazing, and I think it's a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you.

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

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.