#al

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. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#band #band members #be strong #day #down

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

— Shirley Manson

#any #destructive #find #i #kind

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

#cat #close #even #father #female

Life truly is precious. Gather every moment of it into your arms & embrace it. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#explore #explore-fears #inspirational #life #life-quotes

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. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#because #cozy #dad #embarrassed #flat

If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#call #even #fiery #going #opinions

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. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#fitting #fitting in #i #know #lot

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

#beautiful #buried #casket #corpse #cried

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#being #brought #comfort #how #i

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#appearance #because #confident #could #developed