Quotes from Kate Nash

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.

When I'm not touring I really enjoy the ease of cooking at home.

I think I was probably overworked. I was doing huge tours and having two days off and then going out again. It burned me out.

When you're on tour, you know exactly what you're doing and what's required of you. There's a routine.

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

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.

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

I love skeletons and bones so much.

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

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

The Walking Dead' is my show. I download it from iTunes so that I can watch it the second it comes out. It's a show that I've got really involved in, emotionally.

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.

A lot of young girls look up to me and it's amazing.

Sometimes it's hard for me to dress for normal situations. A lot of the time I'm either performing or travelling - so what I wear is either really fun or just really comfortable. For anything in between I think, 'Oh God, I don't know how to dress myself. But when I get on stage I'm just like, 'I can wear anything I want!'

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.

If you're on an indie label, you're not getting enough money. And if you're on a major, you're not getting enough support.

I've met so many young women who are interested in being involved in music and I think, 'Why are you not actually doing it?' And I hope that if I tell my story, about the setbacks I had, they might not be afraid.

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.

I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

When we're in London my family goes to mass on Christmas Eve. The next day Dad cooks the turkey on the barbecue, standing outside in the freezing cold.

I didn't feel like I was allowed to be a songwriter. I thought I had to be a really intelligent lyricist, like a poet.

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

I wish you couldn't figure me out, but you'd always want to know what I was about

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?