Top 66 Kate Nash Quotes

I had heart surgery when I was 17.

I never wanted to be like: ‘Oh, just because I’m a singer I can be in films now.’

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.

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

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.

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

I’ve been really inspired by my roots – my ancestors and Irish history.

People have said I’m too fat to be a pop star.

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?

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.

Listening to Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna gave me the confidence I needed to get up on stage and be photographed every night on tour.

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

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 first got into punk music at 17, The Adverts, just from being a bored teenager.

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?

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

I’m quite forgetful.

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

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

Hair is so important and emotional. I dyed mine black and blond after a breakup – there’s something really powerful about changing your hair when you’re in a weird place.

I started my own zine, and riot grrrl became a huge part of my identity.

British summers give me a really happy feeling.

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

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’ve got quite bushy eyebrows and brown eyes.

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.

MySpace was so punk.

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

I got into punk at 17 after discovering an all-girl band from Long Island on the Internet called The Devotchkas – four crazy-looking girls with fast, driving basslines and high-pitched gang vocals who shared the same dress sense as the punks I used to eye up curiously in Camden.

Punk may have helped me find my voice and made me realise that I had the right to have one, but it was riot grrrl that helped me sustain that voice and shout a little louder.

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.

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 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.

One day when I was 14 I put together a makeshift CV and walked into this weird boutique in Pinner, near where I lived, to ask if they needed a Saturday assistant. They didn’t, but the owner took me on anyway.

It’s really important to be a strong role model. It’s one of my main things because I feel I’ve been exposed in such an extreme way to a lot of sexism.

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

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.

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

I once got asked in an interview: ‘Does it annoy you that the majority of your fans are teenage girls?’ I was insulted and angry because it was sexist and ageist.

I definitely want to be acting and I’m really happy that I found the opportunity to 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’ve always been really private.

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

When I was younger, I’d always cry on Christmas Day, and I didn’t know why. Now I know it’s because I was just overwhelmed by the togetherness.

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.

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

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.

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’ve a tiny little scar on my chin from when I fell over on stage, bust my chin open and bled everywhere.

I just wanna be an artist, like someone like Bjork and Kate Bush and Regina Spektor. These are people that have saved people, I think, by being what they are.

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.

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.

As many problems as there are with Hollywood, I feel so much more protected because if there’s a serious issue, I have someone I can talk to. Where’s that in the music industry? We need it.

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.

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

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 can’t even begin to grasp concepts like the multiverse.

I love any excuse to dress up; my wardrobe’s a bit like a fancy dress box.

I got £30 for my first gig, cash in hand.

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

Filming ‘Glow’ helped with my confidence.

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

As you get older, you start to realise negativity is really bad.

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

I love punks!