Quotes from Kate Nash

There were so many weird shows when we were younger. 'Clangers.' 'Button Moon.' 'The Moomins.' All very weird, but very cool too.

I want to be in a Tarantino movie, more than anything in the world.

I wouldn't mind working in restaurants again because you build up a relationship with the customers. I'm really inspired by the mundane - it's often the most ordinary-looking people who have the best stories - and you can watch diners and study their idiosyncrasies without them being aware of it.

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

Everyone has self-esteem issues when they are a teenager, but I think you have to accept who you are, because otherwise you are going to have a really unhappy life.

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

It is really amazing what you can do with your body and learning that your body has skills and a purpose, as a woman you are always taught that your body is like in the way, too big or just not perfect.

Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.

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

I've become aware of being in a very male-dominated industry where a door opens and it's like, 'Oh hello, it's 12 men and me. Again.'

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

I come from a big Irish family who force-fed me as a kid, so not eating was never an option.

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

I get a bit overwhelmed by the number of shows I haven't seen, that are still on my bucket list.

On tour it's hard to be vegetarian, especially in Europe because vegetarianism is basically unheard of. They think you're either joking or mad.

I wish that without me your heart would break, I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake, I wish that without me you couldn't eat, I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep

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

I have really bad anxiety and OCD. I get afraid of everyone I know dying.

When you earn your own money you feel much better about yourself.

When I first started, in 2006, it was an exciting time. Independent, cool, weird artists were being successful, and magazines were writing about them, and people were getting played on radio that were, like, really good.

I wish I was your favorite girl, I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world, I wish I was your favorite smile, I wish the way I dressed was your favorite kind of style