Laufey

“I truly feel like I'm growing up with my music.”

“I started writing more like Bossa Nova style songs after moving to L.A.”

“I think people care a lot more about mood and feeling than they do genre.”

“I felt like my hobbies were so different from my peers, that I came off as an extremely loud person. But then by being shy, I just felt like I hindered myself from becoming the individual that I wanted to be.”

“Silver Lining' is a love song about being able to set your true personality free when you fall in love.”

“I was literally in the womb onstage at orchestra rehearsals.”

“There are a lot of young women who connect with each other - and me - through this feeling of being the outcast.”

“I'm not going to do anything insanely different, but an artist always wants to grow.”

“Jazz is all about that. It's bending things and breaking away from what's on the page and improvising.”

“I'm very clearly a girl that spends a lot of time on the Internet, just like every other sad girl.”

“I was lucky to have a wide view of the world from a young age. I knew there was more than just the confines of my own little Icelandic or American bubble. It was so much bigger than that.”

“It's funny - there can be so many people around you and so many fans, and you can still feel a bit lonely. I think I combat that by having my sister on tour with me, so I'm never alone, which is so lovely.”

“I've almost had to prove myself to Icelandic people. Living in such an isolated space, it gives you this innate sense of wanderlust, and dreaming for something much bigger.”

“I knew I was half Chinese, but Iceland is so homogenous that I wasn't able to identify with the Asian part of myself. Even though I speak Chinese and was raised by Chinese women, I would say I'm quite white-passing when it comes to being Asian.”

“I love a rainy day playlist.”

“That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.”

“Most of my friends' experience has been everything in between - all the confusion and the questions and the 'Oh, am I love?' Or the 'Do I want to let go of him? Does he like me? I think I like him.' Those kinds of feelings are, I think, the bulk of the female experience.”

“The fact that the jazz and classical worlds seem to struggle with the idea of an artist being both commercially successful and musically interesting - it breaks my heart a little. Why can't I be both?”

“My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road.”

“I think we're all just searching for a sense of safety and comfort, and that's why we're all looking for someone to love. And nothing feels safe or comforting about the pursuit, you know?”