Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Taylor Momsen.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Taylor Michel Momsen is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. Prior to her retirement from acting, she portrayed the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Jenny Humphrey on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012). Momsen has been the frontwoman of the American rock band the Pretty Reckless since their inception in 2009.
I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.
I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.
I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.
I was raised Catholic.
Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.
I have such trust complexes. I'm close to, like, two people.
I love Alexander Wang!
I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.
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'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.
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.
People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.
All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That's seriously what I do.
I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
I love Chanel.
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 really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
I'm a giant Beatles fan.
I have a knife collection.
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.
Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
I'm very unorganized.
I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.
I love my mom and dad.
I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.
I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'
Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that's just what they do.
I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.
I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember.
I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.
Pop has to exist and it's a great thing.
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.
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.
Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
I'm completely neurotic, totally anxious and high-strung all the time.
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.
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.
Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.
If parents don't like some of the stuff I do then they shouldn't let their kids watch me.
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.
I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up; I watched more films.
I love British bands.
You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.
I don't really like pants, man. I like tights. I'm not really a pants person. I choose not to wear pants.
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.
I've never really fit in anywhere.
I've always wanted to make a record.
My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.
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.
I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.
I've been told I'm out of my mind since I was 11.
I don't like guys who overdress. And I don't like guys who try too hard.