Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
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What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life.
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I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.
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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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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 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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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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I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.
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Dear Kanye West. It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK.
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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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I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.
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I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and I found it really disheartening. They wanted a pop hit, which I understand in terms of making money. I get that. But what they were going to ask of me was something I wasn't prepared to deliver and I felt kind of trapped. I just stopped writing. I just stopped. It was stifling.
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One day I realized that it didn't matter whether people loved me or not.
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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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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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I love pop music. Who doesn't?
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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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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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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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It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.
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I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.
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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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I'm 41, I'm a woman, not a kid. I have no interest in making silly pop music.
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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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We should never listen to our feelings. They lead us astray.