Lauren Mayberry : (8) " Some of the most powerful female performers I’ve seen balance the feminine and the masculine and are incredibly strong. Like, I think Hayley Williams is one of the best rock performers. " - Lauren Mayberry " You can’t believe everything you read in a newspaper or everything that’s coming out of the president’s mouth. And you can’t believe when someone posts a picture from their personal life, because most of the time, it’s staged – we’re showing each other these idealized versions of ourselves so that we seem better and other people will feel worse. " - Lauren Mayberry " Sometimes if you don’t take the easy option, it’ll pay dividends in the long run. " - Lauren Mayberry " Japan has always been a really special place for Chvrches. " - Lauren Mayberry " I’ve been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager. " - Lauren Mayberry " I find it quite boring when you’re listening to radio, and it’s the same kind of voice that’s on every song on the radio. You can’t really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they’re singing. " - Lauren Mayberry " I guess I have a weird habit of writing body part metaphors. " - Lauren Mayberry " 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. " - Lauren Mayberry