110 Quotes by Kate Nash

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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

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.

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

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.