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Lauren Mayberry, born on October 7, 1987, is a Scottish musician best known as the founding member and lead vocalist of the band Chvrches. The band has gained international recognition for its unique electronic music style and Mayberry's signature voice.

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“I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.”

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“I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.”

Thinking Reading Sentences Tone Prose

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“I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think I'm good about tactfully tiptoeing around questions in the right way.”

Thinking Way Politician Organization Not Sure Being The Best Right Way Grassroots

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

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“I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.”

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“I feel like I would need to investigate and get some local tips. I think if I've learned anything from being on tour, it's that sometimes things you see in the guidebooks are stereotypically the best things to do, but there's no substitute for local knowledge on that stuff.”

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“I've definitely read interviews with people where they've explained exactly what they wrote something about and I've been like: "Oh no, I was thinking that was a really beautiful love song or a really sad thing."”

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“A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.”

People Thinking Persons Song Strange Mediocre

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“I've been in bands since I was about fifteen, so there are probably quite a lot of terrible teenage songs kicking about somewhere. I'm not sure what it was about to be honest, I think it was probably just something along the lines of teen angst.”

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“I think a lot of things that people think are complimentary are a little bit condescending, but then we just have to keep doing what we're doing, and being in the band is the important bit.”

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“I love the hamster but I think if I took him on tour he might die.”

Ifs Thinking Might Dies Hamsters

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“I think I have a vested interest in thinking that the lyrics are important, but I think for us it's important that we all write things that mean something to us, and I think we're not really in the business of writing la-la-love-you chart pop songs. It needs to have a personal pulling in the gut for me, to want to write anything about it.”

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Born: October 7, 1987
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