Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake... They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn’t relate to me - or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, “How are we listening to this? It’s completely irrelevant.”

Lorde

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Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the place... by Lorde

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

sunflower wildflowers people

Everyone’s competing for a love they won't receive. by Lorde

Everyone’s competing for a love they won't receive.

competing

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.

care two people

I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear. But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool.

feelings looks thinking

The smarter the person, the more boring the instagram account. by Lorde

The smarter the person, the more boring the instagram account.

accounts instagram boring

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

next walks needs

It's a new art form, showing people how little we care. by Lorde

It's a new art form, showing people how little we care.

care people art

Don't be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you abo... by Lorde

Don't be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

kind persons mother

Glory and gore go hand in hand. by Lorde

Glory and gore go hand in hand.

gore glory hands

I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.

growing-up adults night

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.

careers people thinking

What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child, with a cry that sounds really cool on the radio.

parent important children

Don't let some random comment that you wouldn't have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.

feminism fashion important

I've totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what's right for you. I know exactly what's right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, 'Don't do that, don't do that,' you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

badass running art

Does anything really matter? We all end up in the same place. All that's left is our Wikipedia entry.

wikipedia matter doe

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

feminism class people

Ever since I was a kid, I've been into clothes, but not really labels- that's kind of only been in the last year or so. It's something I've always cared about. I used to just constantly thrift and make stuff and cut stuff up and borrow my dad's stuff and borrow my little brother's stuff and all that jazz. ... It's just, if something is cool, then it's cool.

dad fashion brother

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being que... by Lorde

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen.

bigger queens

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow by Lorde

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

bowie tomorrow sound

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything... by Lorde

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.

shopping dollars three