Toyah Willcox Quotes

I've never really been a girly-girl.

I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

I'm still a tomboy at heart. In high school, I was the girl in the baggy jeans and Timberlands, but I was also at the hairdresser's every week.

I was such a tomboy when I was young. I hated girls' clothes.

I never wanted to work a 9 to 5. I was always a different kid in class.

I was a complete tomboy. You'd never see me wearing skirts.

I had a bit of a reputation as a tomboy.

I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy.

I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I've never been that pretty girl, and I wouldn't want to be.

I was definitely a tomboy. My mother liked to dress me differently, but it was her loss when I came home with mud in my hair every day. I've always been more comfortable with guys; I don't know why.

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.

I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that.

I was a tomboy, not a girlie girl.

Im not your biggest girly girl.

I'm a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don't know why - self-expression, I guess.

I was very much a tomboy. I just couldn't do the pink ballet tutus.

I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.

I was a tomboy.

I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress.

I've never been traditional, and I hate conforming to anything.

I think every girl has a little bit of rebellion inside. It's always fun to not follow every trend and not be the perfect good girl. It's edgy to be a little rebellious.

I carry with me from my male upbringing a sense that femininity is forbidden. So when I appear on YouTube with forty butterflies glued to my body and glitter all over my face, I have a sense that I'm getting away with something I'm not supposed to. I'm being decadent. I'm enjoying a forbidden pleasure. And that's fun, and it's funny.

I had no boundaries at home, so I had nothing to push against. I only rebelled with clothing when I was 14. I would wear purple Doc Martens and had purple streaks in my hair, dirty jeans, and baggy tops. Very Britpop. Anything that wasn't girly or feminine. My mother hated it.

I am not a conformist.

I'm not a girly girl at all.