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I've got a lot of stamina and...

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

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

My solo album is dead and bur...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

No, I like being a role model...

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

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

When somebody asks me a quest...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I have a lot of very close gi...

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!

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I'm afraid of happy people. T...

I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I want to hear an alternative...

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

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

In the '90s, the radio was st...

In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing for that time. It was the first time that alternative music broke through to the mainstream.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

A lot of people these days ar...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

Selling millions of albums is...

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

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I couldn't feel good about my...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

And then there's all these ot...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

Starbucks is my main fix and ...

Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I just want to live my life a...

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

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

You have to watch all sides o...

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 Manson 125 quotes

I'd never imagined myself in ...

I'd never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I've had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really astounding. It's taken me a long time to accept what I do for a living and actually feel like I have anything of value to add to the equation.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

I think it's a great thing to...

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.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

It's unhealthy for people to ...

It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

In terms of fitting in, you k...

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

Shirley Manson 125 quotes

Possibly because I grew up no...

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 Manson 125 quotes

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