Our favorite quotes and words of wisdom from Lauren Mayberry.
"I know that the boundaries I create deserve to be respected. That self-care is not the same as selfishness. That this is my life, my voice, my body, my rules, and that no one gets to determine my narrative apart from me." - Lenny Letter
"I will not accept online misogyny." - The Guardian
"These people never learn that violence against women is unacceptable. But they also never learn that women will not be shamed and silenced and made to disappear. I am not going anywhere. So bring it on, motherfuckers. Let's see who blinks first." - Instagram
“I think I subscribe to a fairly basic dictionary definition of feminism: it’s somebody who seeks equality between the sexes and between all people." - VH1
“The coven is pissed. The reckoning is coming” – Lauren Mayberry on #MeToo - NME
“In this day and age, your silence speaks fucking volumes.” - GQ
"Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can’t do something." - Pitchfork
"There is lot of a conversation about it, but that has to be converted into action, it can't just be a lot of lip service. It’s great that everyone's wearing their Time's Up pins at the Oscars, but we're still giving Oscars to Kobe Bryant and Gary Oldman. You have to actually look at what you're doing. A white rose is really nice, but are you actually going to change the way that you treat women and minorities in music? Probably not." - Dazed
“I sometimes get the whole ‘She’s so cute and dinky … and she swears like a trooper! What’s going on?’ It’s nice to squash people’s expectations.” - Vulture
“Pessimism is the way to be then you won’t ever be disappointed.” at 00:12:10 and “What’s the difference being a girl in band and being a guy in a band? Periods!” at 01:11:06 - Nerdist
"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." - The Talkhouse
"Life’s too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn’t for you." - Pitchfork
"It's a good thing, if things are a bit uncomfortable, or a little fucked up. That's the way life is." - The Skinny
"I don't really believe in guilty pleasures. I think you should listen to what you want to listen to. Just be free. Just listen to what you want." - Indie88 Toronto
"Jawa impressions" - YouTube
"Gollum impression" - YouTube
"Noooo!" - YouTube
"The C word" - YouTube
"Thank you for being such a gentleman" - YouTube
"Don't disrespect me, I will rap at you!" - YouTube
"I know that the boundaries I create deserve to be respected. That self-care is not the same as selfishness. That this is my life, my voice, my body, my rules, and that no one gets to determine my narrative apart from me." - Lenny Letter
"I will not accept online misogyny." - The Guardian
"These people never learn that violence against women is unacceptable. But they also never learn that women will not be shamed and silenced and made to disappear. I am not going anywhere. So bring it on, motherfuckers. Let's see who blinks first." - Instagram
“I think I subscribe to a fairly basic dictionary definition of feminism: it’s somebody who seeks equality between the sexes and between all people." - VH1
“The coven is pissed. The reckoning is coming” – Lauren Mayberry on #MeToo - NME
“In this day and age, your silence speaks fucking volumes.” - GQ
"Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can’t do something." - Pitchfork
"There is lot of a conversation about it, but that has to be converted into action, it can't just be a lot of lip service. It’s great that everyone's wearing their Time's Up pins at the Oscars, but we're still giving Oscars to Kobe Bryant and Gary Oldman. You have to actually look at what you're doing. A white rose is really nice, but are you actually going to change the way that you treat women and minorities in music? Probably not." - Dazed
“I sometimes get the whole ‘She’s so cute and dinky … and she swears like a trooper! What’s going on?’ It’s nice to squash people’s expectations.” - Vulture
“Pessimism is the way to be then you won’t ever be disappointed.” at 00:12:10 and “What’s the difference being a girl in band and being a guy in a band? Periods!” at 01:11:06 - Nerdist
"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." - The Talkhouse
"Life’s too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn’t for you." - Pitchfork
"It's a good thing, if things are a bit uncomfortable, or a little fucked up. That's the way life is." - The Skinny
"I don't really believe in guilty pleasures. I think you should listen to what you want to listen to. Just be free. Just listen to what you want." - Indie88 Toronto
"Jawa impressions" - YouTube
"Gollum impression" - YouTube
"Noooo!" - YouTube
"The C word" - YouTube
"Thank you for being such a gentleman" - YouTube
"Don't disrespect me, I will rap at you!" - YouTube