Sometimes I think that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights could be only moments away from disaster. That everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a moment when it will become extraordinary - a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen.
RobynIt was about being able to dance like Cassidy did, as though no one was watching, as though the moment was infinite enough without needing to document its existence.
RobynSometimes I write songs that just come out in a pop format because I grew up on melody and these amazing artists during the 80s. It's my tradition and it's something that I can't really control.
RobynPeople say, "I can't take you seriously because you're so young." But I think when you're young, what you feel is more pure.
RobynHaving access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together.
RobynAnd I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.
RobynHaving access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together. Technology has a lot to do with how the world is developing at the moment because there are very raw and pure and primal emotions that people are communicating to each other over the Internet. It's like our new feathers, our new face paint. We're still trying to find love and friendship and cool music, but now it's over the Internet.
Robyn