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" No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me. "
Shirley Manson
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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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" 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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" 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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Yourself
" There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall. "
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" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "
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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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" 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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You
Thoughts
" That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. "
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Yourself
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" Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "
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Solo
" 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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You
Call
" I'd never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I've had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really astounding. It's taken me a long time to accept what I do for a living and actually feel like I have anything of value to add to the equation. "
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Me
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" 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
" 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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Plan
" 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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" I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "
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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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" 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. "
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People
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Big
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