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 More Quotes by Shirley Manson More Quotes From Shirley Manson 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. Shirley Manson fancy-cars fear people It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when you are living through it, however, is that you have absolutely no idea quite how smart and strong and beautiful the pain will make you. So go forth and suffer...you'll rule the world. Shirley Manson pain strong beautiful I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life. Shirley Manson fighting happy-life children 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 feel-good voice powerful I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool. Shirley Manson life-is-too-short geek embrace What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life. Shirley Manson stylish I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute. Shirley Manson viewpoints alternatives girl Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. Shirley Manson naughty boys people We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. Shirley Manson struggle perfect people 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 different believe people Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. 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 impact careers people One day I realized that it didn't matter whether people loved me or not. Shirley Manson one-day matter people It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white. Shirley Manson makeup black white 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 healthy play people People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. Shirley Manson pale-skin hair people That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. Shirley Manson difficult-questions rebel uprising I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. Shirley Manson contradictory mood weather I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. Shirley Manson tidy tides temper It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. Shirley Manson magazines criticism appearance I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. Shirley Manson insecurity way school
