Taylor Momsen Quotes

“You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.”

― Taylor Momsen

“’Darkness’ is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.”

― Taylor Momsen

“My lyrics are my diary – you’re hearing every detail of my life.”

― Taylor Momsen

“I’m pretty, but I’m not, like, a ‘pretty girl.’”

― Taylor Momsen

“I love my mom and dad.”

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“I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It’s a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.”

― Taylor Momsen

“Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that’s what I think life is about.”

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“I’m a giant Beatles fan.”

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“All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That’s seriously what I do.”

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“I’m just living my life, and I’m not gonna live my life for other people.”

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“I’m very unorganized.”

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“I’d love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he’s a great songwriter.”

― Taylor Momsen

“Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.”

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“I’d call my music rock but with pop hooks.”

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“I have such trust complexes. I’m close to, like, two people.”

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“I try not to focus on fame; I don’t even really know what it means exactly because it’s so fleeting.”

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“Switching the public’s perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.”

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“I love British bands.”

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“Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.”

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“I’m an artist; I’m not going to use trigonometry.”

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“Maybe I didn’t have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.”

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“I hope girls read what I say in interviews – they should just be themselves.”

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“I’ve been told I’m out of my mind since I was 11.”

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“I’ve never had friends, and I don’t like to be around big groups of people.”

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“Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that’s just what they do.”

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“I think music needs danger; it needs risk.”

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“I’ve never really fit in anywhere.”

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“I’ve been writing songs since I was, like, five and I’ve been singing since, like, I can’t remember.”

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“If parents don’t like some of the stuff I do then they shouldn’t let their kids watch me.”

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“I was raised Catholic.”

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“One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.”

― Taylor Momsen

“I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don’t agree with them.”

― Taylor Momsen

“I have a knife collection.”

― Taylor Momsen

“I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.”

― Taylor Momsen

“Pop has to exist and it’s a great thing.”

― Taylor Momsen

“I get told all the time that I’m a fashion icon now, but I don’t really know what that means. I just get dressed.”

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“My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don’t care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.”

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“Don’t hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it’s a lie.”

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“I don’t really like pants, man. I like tights. I’m not really a pants person. I choose not to wear pants.”

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“I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.”

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“I love Chanel.”

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“I don’t know what to do when I’m not working. I lose my mind if I’m not constantly doing something.”

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“I sleep for about four hours a night, or day really. I go to bed at, like, 9 A.M., sleep for four hours, then get up and start the day again. I don’t mind if that’s not healthy.”

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“The thing people don’t understand is that touring or travelling or whatever you do in my position means you go to all these cool places all over the world, but you see everything from a car window. You don’t get to see much of the city or meet people at all.”

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“I don’t leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.”

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“I love Alexander Wang!”

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“I don’t like guys who overdress. And I don’t like guys who try too hard.”

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“Every now and again I want to go to the beach and be in the sun, but that’s a very rare feeling, so I could live in London, definitely.”

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“I didn’t watch a lot of TV growing up; I watched more films.”

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“You can spend your whole life planning. But once you’re ready, get out there and start doing it.”

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“I’ve always wanted to make a record.”

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“I’m a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.”

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“People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I’m being offensive, when really, I’m only being opinionated.”

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“I’m completely neurotic, totally anxious and high-strung all the time.”

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“My mum’s really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it’s just a part of my everyday life.”

― Taylor Momsen

“The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.”

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“I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.”

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“I’m not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I’m not into frivolous relationships.”

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“My legs are really long and that’s cool apparently, but I’m totally klutzy. I mean, I’m like Bambi. I fall all over myself because I can’t control my arms and my really long legs.”

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“New York’s home. It’s everything I’d want it to be. It’s the most inspiring city I’ve ever been to, and I haven’t been everywhere in the world, but I’ve been to quite a few places.”

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“You get more insight as you get older, on everything.”

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“I kind of woke up one morning and was like, ‘Oh I see what’s happening, I get everything’. I woke up and was like, ‘I get it, I’m a product.’”

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“I’m not happy if I’m not making music; it’s as simple as that. It’s a need.”

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“I can work 24 hours a day and not have it bother me.”

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“My style’s not for everyone – I’m an extremist.”

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“I don’t work with a stylist.”

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“Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.”

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“My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don’t feel good when I leave the house, then I’m not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I’m doing it.”

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“I don’t eat any red meat.”

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“I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk – not very well, but sort of.”

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“I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman – just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.”

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“Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away everything from it and have it be equally as entertaining and good without the bells and whistles.”

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“The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.”

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“My goal isn’t to shock.”

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“I don’t wanna be Courtney Love – I wanna be Kurt Cobain.”

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