Taylor Momsen
I've always wanted to make a record.
I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.
People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.
I'm completely neurotic, totally anxious and high-strung all the time.
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.
The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.
I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
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.
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.
You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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.'
I'm not happy if I'm not making music; it's as simple as that. It's a need.
I can work 24 hours a day and not have it bother me.
My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
I don't work with a stylist.
Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.
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.
I don't eat any red meat.
I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
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.
The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
My goal isn't to shock.
I don't believe there's a hole in the ground with demons in it but I could be wrong. Hell is all around us - it's the way we treat each other and the way we treat the Earth. We already live in it.Collection: Believe
I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.Collection: Believe
I'm not someone who likes to go out very much.Collection: Likes
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.Collection: Thinking
You can't change what happened.Collection: Can't Change
I write about what I know, what I live, what I observe.Collection: Writing
I'm always writing. It's kind of a curse: You never stop. But I need isolation to write. So the real meat of the material comes when I'm off the road.Collection: Real
I'm a promoter of masturbation. Don't sleep around...learn yourself first! Guys do it, but girls don't. They should.Collection: Girl
This is my life, and I want to live it and enjoy it if I can.Collection: Want
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.Collection: Past
I have such trust comples. I'm close to like two people.Collection: Two
The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.Collection: Band
I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes. You do get writer's block when you're writing music, and having inspiration from other great writers is great. You have to look for inspiration because sometimes music isn't the only thing that you can look at.Collection: Block
When I realized I could actually make my decisions, it was a very strange feeling. It's like a switch went off in my brain, like, "Oh, then why am I doing this? I don't enjoy this, so I'm just gonna stop doing this."Collection: Decision
I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.Collection: Jobs
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 YorkCollection: Kings
I think I'm a homebody. I don't talk to anyone. I sit at home, and no one asks me questions or I'm talking about goat noises.Collection: Home
I like to wear a lot of baggy things. Like, I buy guys' clothes, like T-shirts, and I cut them up and wear them loose, but my blazers have to be really fitted. I also like layering things and really short skirts - or showing off my legs.Collection: Cutting
I live very strictly by the mentality that what goes on the road, stays on the road. I keep it contained.Collection: Goes On
I like to wear platform heels onstage and they're actually hard to find. But fans started putting money in them - so now they are filled with tons of bills. It's pretty amazing.Collection: Fans
When you finish something of great importance to you and then it's over, you're left with this giant hole.Collection: Over You
You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!Collection: Song
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!Collection: Song
There are pop-culture things on television [that I like]. Not so much in music at all.Collection: Culture
Obviously everyone has things in their past that they don't enjoy looking back on [Laughs], but no, you can't change it.Collection: Past