Taylor Momsen
Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen is an American singer, songwriter, former actress, and model. She is known for portraying the character of Jenny Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girland Cindy Lou Who in the film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Since 2007, she is the frontwoman of the rock band The Pretty Reckless...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth26 July 1993
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
This is my life, and I want to live it and enjoy it if I can.
The music was always the thing that has been in our world.
I think that me now, I wouldn't take a 16-year-old seriously in any capacity. "You're a kid, why would I listen to you? You're a child."
Everyone likes to stereotype things or write them off as not that serious or "this is just a phase," especially when you're that young. The music was never a phase, but the wardrobe was certainly a phase, so I think that may have overshadowed the music in the beginning, for sure. I was so outrageous.
I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.
I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing.
Leaving stage with a bloody scalp, it's rock & roll, I guess, but I want some hair at the end of the tour.
I like to wear a lot of baggy things. Like, I buy guys' clothes, like T-shirts, and I cut them up and wear them loose, but my blazers have to be really fitted. I also like layering things and really short skirts - or showing off my legs.
Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away everything from it and have it be equally as entertaining and good without the bells and whistles.
Good and evil exists everywhere.
You get more insight as you get older, on everything. 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'.
I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
You can't be a band and not play, and playing is so invigorating. It breathes life into you. So does creating something out of nothing.
I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.