Quotes from Taylor Momsen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.

I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing.

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

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 was raised Catholic.

I'm a giant Beatles fan.

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.'

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

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

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.

I don't eat any red meat.

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

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

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.

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