Kate Nash Quotes

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Kate Nash

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 6, 1987

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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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People are fragile. Our brains are fragile and you can only abuse them for so long.

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I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

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Filming 'Glow' helped with my confidence.

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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.

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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!'

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British summers give me a really happy feeling.

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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.

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I had heart surgery when I was 17.

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MySpace was so punk.

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

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If you're on an indie label, you're not getting enough money. And if you're on a major, you're not getting enough support.

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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.

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When we're in London my family goes to mass on Christmas Eve. The next day Dad cooks the turkey on the barbecue, standing outside in the freezing cold.

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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.

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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.

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