A biography for Shirley Mansonhasn’t been written yet.
“I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.”
“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 am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.”
“I'm 45 years old. I used to be a club girl, but that's not my world anymore. That doesn't mean I can't make music that excites. I think it's inspiring to see an artist you grew up with take another crack.”
“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.”
“I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.”
“People in day-to-day life tend to skim the surface of things and be polite and careful, and that's not the language I speak. I like talking about feelings, fears and memories, anguish and joy, and I find it in music.”
“Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.”
“How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.”
“I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest.”
“I just am fascinated by other female artists, probably because I feel a kinship with them, no matter who they are and what they do.”
“I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.”
“I'm a loud person; I love noise and aggression. I crave contact.”
“I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty. You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.”
“I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.”
“No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.”
“I want to hear from the creature who isn't blessed with unbelievable good looks and incredible genes. I want to hear from the geek girl, the forgotten girl, the invisible girl and the miserable girl.”
“I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.”
“There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.”
“People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.”