166 Quotes by Shirley Manson

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It’s down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I’m talking like I’m in the army and this is my squadron.

I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They’re all talk and nay action – as we’d say in Scotland.

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

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

It’s everywhere, constant criticism of women’s appearance in magazines and online. It’s not easy to navigate.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don’t have a lot of armor up. I’m a raw nerve and it’s really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

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