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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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" People in day-to-day life tend to skim the surface of things and be polite and careful, and that's not the language I speak. I like talking about feelings, fears and memories, anguish and joy, and I find it in music. "

Shirley Manson

Joy

Memories

People

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. "

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

Shirley Manson

My Own

Mean

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

" 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 am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. "

" 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 plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can. "

" 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. "

" Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me. "

Shirley Manson

Political

Together

" 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! "

" 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. "

" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "

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

Shirley Manson

Know

Comfort

" The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression. "

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

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

" I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more. "

" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "

" 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. "