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" I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun. "
Shirley Manson
Music
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" I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "
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" 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. "
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" I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies. "
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" I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out. "
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" In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing for that time. It was the first time that alternative music broke through to the mainstream. "
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" How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself. "
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" I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. "
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" It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. "
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" 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. "
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" I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty. You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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You
" I just am fascinated by other female artists, probably because I feel a kinship with them, no matter who they are and what they do. "
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" Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. "
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" I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "
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Sick
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" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "
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" My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket. "
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" I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. "
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" It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy. "
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" I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life. "
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" I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious. "
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" When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview. "
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" 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. "
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" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "
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" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "
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" 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. "
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" I feel privileged, to be honest. "
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