Angelfish Quotes

United Kingdom,
1992 – 1994.

Angelfish was a short-lived early-1990s Scottish alternative rock group originating from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed as a side-project to Scottish group Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, after keyboardist and backing vocalist Shirley Manson was signed as a solo artist to circumvent the Mackenzies' existing record contract. Angelfish released a single self-titled studio album, Angelfish, and two singles of which the first was an EP for minor college radio hit "Suffocate Me".

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
We should never listen to our feelings. They lead us astray.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- Feelings
- Should

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 Ann Manson Angelfish
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.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- People
- Music
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.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
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.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
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.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- People
- World
- House
Everybody's trying to be the biggest, because if you're not the biggest, you don't survive.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- Trying

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- Comfort
- Roles
- Musical
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.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
- Care
- Modern
- Tragedy