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
I'm not happy if I'm not making music; it's as simple as that. It's a need.
I've been told I'm out of my mind since I was 11.
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.
Pop has to exist and it's a great thing.
I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember.
I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing.
It takes isolation and solitude for me to write.
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.
The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
I sleep for about four hours a night, or day really. I go to bed at, like, 9 A.M., sleep for four hours, then get up and start the day again. I don't mind if that's not healthy.
My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don't feel good when I leave the house, then I'm not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I'm doing it.
Again, if you only know what you know, you don't know if something's good or bad. You don't have perspective.
Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.