Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
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Obviously, from the experience you get from making videos, you understand where the camera is and how some of the actual technicalities work and so on and so forth.
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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 mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.
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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 am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.
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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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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 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 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 plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.
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I love pop music. Who doesn't?
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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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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 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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Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you.
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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 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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One day I realized that it didn't matter whether people loved me or not.
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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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I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.
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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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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 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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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.