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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. "

Shirley Manson

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" People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. "

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

" I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute. "

" 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. "

" I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female. "

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

" What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. "

" I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "

" 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

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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. "

Shirley Manson

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" I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "

" If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery. "

" 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. "

" I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. "

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

" 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 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. "

" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "

" I feel privileged, to be honest. "

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

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

Shirley Manson

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" I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life. "

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

" 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! "

" 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. "