Shirley Manson Quotes

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.
Shirley Manson

Women, Beautiful, Sex

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

Change, Weather, Mood

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

Pretty, Before, Individual

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

Find, Actually, Tension

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

Music, Famous, Different

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

Nobody, Beat, Clock

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

Rest, Band, Aggressive

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

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

Life, Plan, Possibly

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.
Shirley Manson

Life, Someone, Mean

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.
Shirley Manson

Good, Powerful, Feeling

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

Music, Great, Cool

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

Game, Next, Greedy

I feel privileged, to be honest.
Shirley Manson

Honest, Privileged

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

Family, Father, Often

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

Hold, Temper, Tides

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

Life, Music, Fun

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.
Shirley Manson

Life, Enough, Lucky

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

Women, Moving, Feeling

I love pop music. Who doesn't?
Shirley Manson

Love, Music, Pop

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

Mean, Around, Everyone

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

Women, Pretty, Sing

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

Pretty, Hear, Viewpoint

I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.
Shirley Manson

Sick, Put, Wanted

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.
Shirley Manson

Dad, Mother, Parents

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Born: August 26, 1966

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