Lauv

“In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I don't want to be the kind of artist who just releases one song after another.”

“I do feel like I'm a little too much of a bummer sometimes.”

“I've always hated the feeling of trying to be cool or trying to fit in.”

“I think streaming, in general, is democratising music in general.”

“All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done.”

“'Chasing Fire' is about fighting for something that's already over. It's the beginning of the end. It's desperation. It's grand. But it's hopeless.”

“I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words.”

“Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really big song and a song that never existed.”

“I love bodies of work and albums and stuff like that.”

“I'm trying to basically just focus on sharing everything that I was feeling with other people, so I can hopefully inspire other people to free themselves.”

“At the end of the day, we all want to fall in love.”

“Ever since I visited Paris when I was younger, the sappy side of me really wanted to write a song about it someday.”

“I put out my first song, 'The Other,' in 2015 just on Soundcloud. It was always my most popular song but never really went far in a mainstream way. Then, a couple years after it came out, I watched it go from 8 million to, like, 100 million.”

“I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it's done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself.”

“I love nostalgia.”

“Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.”

“I've been through so many different phases, partly because I moved around so much. I never found my identity based on where I was from. It was always pick up and explore something else.”

“I feel like Drake could literally put out anything - like, the sound of seagulls over a beat - and it could be the Number One song on Spotify.”

“Kids can tell if you're being genuine or not.”

“Everybody in L.A. is a songwriter, producer, actor, creative. For some reason, you're supposed to go to a bar and all hang out and act like you like each other. There is a lot of fake stuff that goes on.”