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" At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron. "

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" In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people. "

Shirley Manson

People

Uncomfortable

You

" That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. "

" I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed. "

" I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. "

Shirley Manson

My Own

Mean

" I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect. "

" I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered! "

" Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing. "

" You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music. "

" I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun. "

" Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. "

" It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white. "

Shirley Manson

White

Want

" What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life. "

" You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. "

" I'm 45 years old. I used to be a club girl, but that's not my world anymore. That doesn't mean I can't make music that excites. I think it's inspiring to see an artist you grew up with take another crack. "

" No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me. "

Shirley Manson

Know

Comfort

" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "

" I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody. "

" The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down. "

" Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation. "

" I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "

" I love pop music. Who doesn't? "

" I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced. "

" I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "

" And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle. "

" I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving. "

" I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out. "

Shirley Manson

Out

Got

" I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute. "

" I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female. "

" I want to hear from the creature who isn't blessed with unbelievable good looks and incredible genes. I want to hear from the geek girl, the forgotten girl, the invisible girl and the miserable girl. "

" A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in. "