“I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel ...” — Lorde Quote

“I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.”

“I think it would be impossible not to be an Internet kid, coming from New Zealand, because culturally it's a little barren.”

“I don't think people look at how pop stars live and feel anything aspirational at all.”

“I'll hear a beat and think, 'How can I make this a banger?' I'll write the lyrics on my phone or on a piece of paper, and either way, it's going to be a slapper.”

“A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.”

“I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good.”