Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
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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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It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when you are living through it, however, is that you have absolutely no idea quite how smart and strong and beautiful the pain will make you. So go forth and suffer...you'll rule the world.
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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 am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.
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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 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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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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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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You know, it doesn’t matter how beautiful you are, if you don’t have anything interesting to say, then you’re still boring.
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One day I realized that it didn't matter whether people loved me or not.
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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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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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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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I love pop music. Who doesn't?
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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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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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I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.
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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 think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.
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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 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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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.