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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. "
Shirley Manson
Confident
Society
Feeling
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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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" 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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" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "
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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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" 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 feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "
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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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" 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'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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" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "
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Nobody
" I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can. "
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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 think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "
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" 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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People
Situation
" 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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Time
Me
Long
" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "
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Sort
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Got
" 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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Opinions
You
Call
" I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. "
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Tension
Very
Find
" 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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Fame
World
Power
" 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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Giving
Moving
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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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" It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. "
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" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "
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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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" I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "
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" 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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" 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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Fight
Woman
" 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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