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" I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "
Shirley Manson
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" I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included. "
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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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" No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me. "
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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 feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "
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" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "
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" A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour. "
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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. "
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" I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. "
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" I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving. "
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" If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery. "
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" I feel privileged, to be honest. "
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" 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. "
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" What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life. "
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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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Parents
Mother
" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "
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Living
" 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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" 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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" People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. "
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Pale
" It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging. "
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Try
Intelligence
" 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. "
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Fix
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Situation
" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "
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Big
Boots
" 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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" I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female. "
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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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" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "
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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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" 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 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! "
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" I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. "
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