“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“I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.”
Shirley Manson“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“People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.”
Shirley Manson“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“It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging.”
Shirley Manson“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.”
Shirley Manson“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“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.”
Shirley Manson“I don’t think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; it’s not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype.”
Shirley Manson