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Shirley Manson Quotes


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.

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.

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 am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.

I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.

I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious.

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 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 have a temper on me that could hold back tides.

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

I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.

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.

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

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.

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

If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery.

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

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

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

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