List of Shirley Manson Quotes

Everybody's Trying To Be The Biggest, Because If You're Not The Biggest, You Don't Survive.

Obviously, From The Experience You Get From Making Videos, You Understand Where The Camera Is And How Some Of The Actual Technicalities Work And So On And So Forth.

It Is So Hard For Musicians When They Step Into Acting Is They're Not Coming In As A Blank Slate, They're Coming In With A Real Set Idea Of Who They Are, Where They're Coming From, What Their Politics Are, What Their Tastes Are.

Starbucks Is My Main Fix And It's Usually You People Working In There - Sometimes They're Actually Shaking. It Just Makes Me Feel Horrendous Because I've Been In That Situation.

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'm 41, I'm A Woman, Not A Kid. I Have No Interest In Making Silly Pop Music.

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.

I've Got A Lot Of Stamina And I Enjoy People, So Having Lots Of People Around Doesn't Freak Me Out.

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.

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.

I Wouldn't Say That Cutting Was Pleasurable, But There Is A Sense Of Euphoria That Follows Cutting Yourself. The Quick Pinch Of Pain And The Sight Of Blood Snaps You Back To The Surface And You Start To Appreciate Being Alive.

You Don't Really Hear A Female Perspective On The Radio, Because So Many Of The Songs Are Being Written By Men.