Quotes from Shirley Manson

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

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.

I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

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

I feel privileged, to be honest.

I think it's about time the world embraced its geekiness and stopped trying to be cool. It's just...you have way more fun as a geek than as a cool person.

I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.