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"I got to a place in my life where I really had to make a conscious decision: death or forward. Luckily I chose to move forward, and I credit music with that." - Taylor Momsen – Kerrang! Magazine (Feb. 2021)
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"I got to a place in my life where I really had to make a conscious decision: death or forward. Luckily I chose to move forward, and I credit music with that." - Taylor Momsen – Kerrang! Magazine (Feb. 2021)
“My idols were men, and it’s not because they were men; it’s just because they wrote the best songs. I grew up worshipping John Lennon and The Beatles, and Chris Cornell and Soundgarden – it’s not because of what was going on in their pants, it’s because I connected to what they were saying and what they were emoting.” - Taylor Momsen (Kerrang! Magazine - Feb ‘21)
"Yes, art comes from everywhere! Look at any artist and any sort of pain or trauma. It doesn’t always have to be negative. Positive things that have happened in one’s life, that all is a part of who you are and you have to indulge all sides of that." - Taylor Momsen [X]
I wanted to be in a band, because I wanted to be The Beatles. I didn't want to be Elvis Presley. Who wants to be Elvis Presley? That's so lonely. Who wants to do this by themselves? I wanted to have the camaraderie.
Taylor Momsen in Nylon Magazine (Feb. 2021)
I didn’t have to try to write this album. As a writer, inspiration is something that you always struggle to find, whereas for this record, I had an influx of inspiration whether I wanted it or not. It was this brick that slammed me in the face and went, ‘Here. Here, Taylor. You want something to write about? Here.’ So I didn’t have to try to write it, it kind of just poured out of me in a way that I can’t really describe.
Taylor Momsen - Kerrang! Magazine [X]
As dramatic as it may sound, I really do credit the writing and the making of this album as the reason that I'm still around. It's the thing that really saved my life and allowed me to find my center again and keep going.
Taylor Momsen in Nylon Magazine (Feb. 2021)
She’s so strong physically and emotionally, with everything that she goes through in her life, yet she’s still so vulnerable… he [Joss Whedon] really captured humanising a superhero,” she says with fervour. “She’s extraordinarily relatable and this iconic idol that I look up to. I want to be Buffy! Doesn’t everybody want to be Buffy!?
Taylor Momsen [While people resonated with Little J for her coming-of-age transformation from meek teen to Queen Bee, Momsen is personally inspired by a different Queen B: Buffy Summers.] [X]
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