Lauv Quotes

When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to.

I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn't just a costume; there's a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don't we share that?

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

Back in the day, I was afraid to speak out. When I get music behind me, it feels like I can soothe the hurt and put it in vocals and say it to the room the way I feel it.

If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.

There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.

You shared one of the most intimate things that ever happened to you - falling in love with someone who wasn't brave enough to love you back. Your relieving yourself of your 'secret' is as much about wanting to honestly connect as it is about exhibition. We are all made better by your decision to share publicly.

I think there are a lot of people who are afraid to be who they are, and if I have to sacrifice a little bit of fame and a little bit of success because I'm being 100 percent truthful with who I am, hopefully that will create a paved way for someone else.

Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

I've always been slightly afraid of coming out with my record because it's so personal to me. Now it doesn't feel as frightening as I thought it would.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

It's that beautiful thing to love your weaknesses, your insecurities, and then put them all on blast. That's why I started writing, and that's why it was so hard to do it in public.

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do in real life.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I don't have to research humanity, I just have to be courageous enough to share that part of myself with everybody.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.

I've learned a lot about how people have to fight through their whole lives just to be themselves.

I'm a very open person. I like to talk a lot about what I'm going through. It's how I cope with things.