Taylor Momsen Quotes

People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna's wearing f-ckin' leather jackets, and it's really annoying . . . (My style is) high-class hooker. I dress for myself. Clearly, it's provocative, but it makes me feel good. And if the only reason it makes someone uncomfortable is because I'm 17, then that person's a scumbag because it shouldn't matter.

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

When I get off tour, I want nothing to do with anyone.

There's a lot of things in my past that wouldn't have necessarily been my choices but at the same time, going back in time and changing something, I wouldn't want to do that because I like where I came out.

It's less frustrating if someone recognizes me for it [ Pretty Reckless ]; it's more frustrating that I still get asked about it.

I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms.

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

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.

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.

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.

When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog, I watch television - I catch up on South Park or movies or whatever I've missed, normal stuff.

I have a place in New England. It's in the middle of nowhere, like horror movie style - Stephen King-ville. It's a good kind of retreat for me to regroup my thoughts and work. I split time: 50 percent there, 50 percent in New York

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

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.

I'll let the record [Who You Selling For] speak for itself. I don't want to get too in-depth with my personal opinions of it and where the songs came from because I think it messes with the listener to know the inside mindset of the writer. For example, I watched a Pink Floyd documentary the other day, and I learned that "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" was about [frontman] Syd Barrett. I didn't want to know that!

Asking about acting to me is like asking about junior high.

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

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

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

I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up; I watched more films.

I'll start with the Beatles, and I'll bookend it with Soundgarden.

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

The music was always the thing that has been in our world.

I think the long-term goal is to continue to grow as people and as a unit, individually and together, and hopefully continue to keep making records that are better every time, because if you're not moving forward, you're either standing still or regressing.

The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.

I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.

Once I got to an age where I was old enough to make my own decisions, I quit everything and did what I actually wanted to do, which was start a band.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

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

All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That's seriously what I do.

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

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

I love Alexander Wang!

I paint and I sculpt and I enjoy doing things that aren't for the public. There's no pressure to it, it's just something that's a cleansing of the mind.

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

I have a knife collection. I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it. I close it and open it.

When you finish something of great importance to you and then it's over, you're left with this giant hole.

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.

I'm a promoter of masturbation. Don't sleep around...learn yourself first! Guys do it, but girls don't. They should.

You can't be a band and not play, and playing is so invigorating. It breathes life into you. So does creating something out of nothing.

I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships. I've got a couple close relationships with friends, a close relationship with my family, and a close relationship with my guitar. I'll know if the right person comes along, and whatever then - cool - but it's not something I'm seeking out at the moment.

I go through ups and downs just like everyone does.

There are pop-culture things on television [that I like]. Not so much in music at all.

I love all the '90s kind of grunge, and I love classic rock: That's where the spectrum lies.

I'm kind of a homebody.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.