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" People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. "
Shirley Manson
Skin
Red
Pale
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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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" That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. "
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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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" The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression. "
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" I feel privileged, to be honest. "
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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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" 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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" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "
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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 mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. "
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Me
" I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. "
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Find
" 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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Say
" 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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" I love pop music. Who doesn't? "
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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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I Am
" 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. "
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Me
Together
" 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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Because
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" I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute. "
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" 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. "
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You
People
" 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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Trust
Hair
Yourself
" I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "
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Point
" 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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" 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. "
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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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Intelligence
" I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "
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" 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. "
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" I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can. "
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" 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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Done