“ I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. ”
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.
~ Shirley Manson
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.
Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.
It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging.
