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" What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life. "
Shirley Manson
Stylish
Woman
She
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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 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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Parents
Mother
" 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
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" I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can. "
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Doing
Plan
" 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
" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "
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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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Have Fun
Want
" 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. "
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Confident
Society
Feeling
" I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. "
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I Am
Well
Rest
" 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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Regret
Feel
Done
" 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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People
Music
Think
" I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. "
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Weather
See
" I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. "
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My Own
Mean
Me
" 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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Who
Because
Feel
" I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "
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Feel
School
Way
" 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. "
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Life
Child
Great
" 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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Dead
Solo
Open
" 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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Radio
Hear
You
" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "
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Woman
Big
Boots
" 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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Me
End
Day
" 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
" 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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Find
Way
Women
" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "
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Sort
Timetable
Got
" 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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Father
Girlfriends
Even
" 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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Out
Me
Got
" 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. "
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Yourself
Great
Appreciate
" 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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Feeling
Powerful
Voice
" I feel privileged, to be honest. "
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Feel
Honest
I Feel
" 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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Famous
Music
People
" 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