Top 119 Quotes & Sayings by Kate Nash - Page 2

I've always been really private.

I find it really easy to write on the bass, because you kind of get straight to the point: you do lyrics and melody without thinking about decorating the song until after you've finished it.

For me, music is my art and what I have dedicated my life to. For fashion designers, clothing is art. Just as much as a piece of music that I might write is a piece of art. Being able to merge the two industries on stage or at an event is really fun.

I grew up in Harrow, London, with two sisters. I am the middle child and a natural ginger, so fiery by nature.

I think imagination can be an incredibly powerful tool and it can help you get more confidence.

A woman's body and a woman's image is a very political thing, so I trust another woman to understand what that's like and how to portray it in a way people can relate to.

I definitely want to be acting and I'm really happy that I found the opportunity to do it.

My biggest crush when I was 13 was Leonardo DiCaprio. After I watched 'Titanic' I was completely in love with him.

The worst date I've been on was in L.A. with this guy I didn't want to be on a date with - he was just trying to take me to all these places and impress me but it was so cheesy.

I love throwing parties and being sociable and dancing. But I also have this other homebody side and can become quite isolated and anxious.

I really recommend it, to build a new physical relationship with yourself, and just do it on your own terms, and your own time, it can just give you a different sense of self-worth, and then help with your mental health too.

I think Berlin is always inspiring. I love being in Berlin. It feels like such a cool city, with so much culture and art and independence everywhere.

As a woman there's probably 20 people in your life that have underestimated you or will. Whether that be in your career or in your personal life and you've just got to battle it.

I love skeletons and bones so much.

I like being girly. I used to wear jeans all the time and tracksuit bottoms but then I was like, really all I want to be like is Marilyn Monroe so why am I wearing these?

Songwriting is my craft now, and it's more than something I just enjoy.

I love 'Grace and Frankie!' Oh my God, it's the best show.

When you're a woman, you have such a strange relationship with your body because - especially when you're in the public eye - you're constantly being judged.

Sometimes it's funny for me to just pretend I'm a movie character, and think what would you do if this was a movie? Or, what would you do if you were one of your icons?

I've literally been in sessions with producers, writing for other people, and they're like, 'We need a song for this artist, and we need it to sound like this song.' They're literally saying, 'Rip off this song that was no. 1 last week,' and that's just so uninspiring.

I think if you're going out with someone you should be inspired by them. That's why you like them - because they're exciting and they're smart.

There are certain things I would never write about - anything that's too distasteful. I think that you can withhold information.

Being a person is really hard, obviously depending on your background for some people it can be much harder, but mental health and how we feel about ourselves is so key to changing the world in a positive way.

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

I never thought I could do certain things like somersaults and jumping off the ropes and flips. When you actually learn to do it, you're really amazed with what your body can do.

The physical and the emotional are really connected. Although we know that, you kind of forget it.

I need to be someone who didn't break because of what I've been through.

I formulate my style based on a range of influences from books to films and my moods.

I would say that I'm opinionated and clumsy and I am definitely led by my heart over my head.

I just want to be someone who stands up for being herself.

I'm just really inspired by women and, for me, it's really important to work with someone who can relate to the female experience, especially in music.

I'm quite forgetful.

I can't even begin to grasp concepts like the multiverse.

My parents would, like, argue in front of us and it wasn't a big deal, whereas I know some people's parents who, if they argued, it was like, 'Oh, my God.'

My first real foray into fashion was the discovery of vintage. Vintage dresses really suit my body type, so the discovery was both wonderfully eye-opening and liberating.

I like to take care of people, I love looking after my friends and stuff.

I've been really inspired by my roots - my ancestors and Irish history.

Simplicity is the key for me. I can't write clever songs; I just can't do it.

Well, I don't like everyone. I don't want everyone to like me.

A lot of men just don't understand what it's like to be a woman and how much our bodies mean and what they can be and how much power they can yield, and how much we're shamed for them.

Statistically in the UK, there are so many fewer female composers than male songwriters and they're marketed in a way that - females are marketed in a way that they're these independent unique artists writing their own stuff, and they're not, because fourteen percent of PRS goes to women.

The more you relate to something or somebody speaks to you, it means more. I think that putting yourself out there like heart-on-sleeve, is really important.

I love reading books, I love the way they feel and getting through it. It's like an event!

Just because you have political beliefs or feminist beliefs, you don't have to like everybody, you don't have to like everything.

You can grow flowers from where dirt use to be.

I don't get how people want to read books on computers because it must be really bad for your eyes, for starters. I love the smell of books and I just like the whole experience of it. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I like that whole experience - it's the same as I like putting on a record or a CD and waiting for it to arrive or buying it and waiting to listen to it in full.

The more you learn, I think the more you realise who you are and what you want and what you believe and what you want to be and where you want to end up.

I've always loved punk music, so it was really cool to do my first punk song.

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.

I can watch a sunset on my own.

I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.

I feel like women, especially in music, aren't really given as much respect as men. Sexism really exists.

People are scared. People are generally xenophobic - they're scared of what's different. If you're ignorant as well as scared, then you might end up hating something that you're scared of.

People don't know how to deal with stress and depression, so they're nasty to other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.

Just because I'm from North Harrow some people want me to be a proper chav. I'm not from a poor background, but we have a normal size house, and my mum is a nurse. I had to go to work otherwise I wouldn't be able to have done anything - there wasn't enough money for me to skive off. As for the Vicki Pollard thing - I don't let stuff like that bother me. I mean, she's a bit of a retard, isn't she?

I guess, there are always people that you latch onto that really inspire you.

Jealousy is not a nice feeling, I hate feeling jealous. But if you can admit it and laugh at yourself, then that's a good way of dealing with your feelings.

Singing is something I've always loved - I'm not sure what I would do without it!

I think it's really important to always own up to the things that you're not good at and the feelings that you have which are ugly.