I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.
Shirley MansonI want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.
Shirley MansonIt's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.
Shirley MansonEverybody's trying to be the biggest, because if you're not the biggest, you don't survive.
Shirley MansonI had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and I found it really disheartening. They wanted a pop hit, which I understand in terms of making money. I get that. But what they were going to ask of me was something I wasn't prepared to deliver and I felt kind of trapped. I just stopped writing. I just stopped. It was stifling.
Shirley Manson