Quotes By Shirley Manson

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.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

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.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.

I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life.

I have a temper on me that could hold back tides.

Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture.

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

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.

I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.

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!

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.

We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect.

I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities.

I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.

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.

No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots.

I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest.

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

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.

Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.

I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.