15 quotes found
Singer · Scottish · 1966
Scottish singer (born 1966)
“I'm a sucker for tragedy - I love the death scenes.”
“People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.”
“I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.”
“I like communicating. I think it’s as simple as that. I get really lonely and dark if I can’t communicate with people.”
“I have done. Well, I've shared a moving vehicle with 18 naked men — not many women do that... fantastic, never felt better.”
“I dont think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; its not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype.”
“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...”
“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.”
“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!”
“I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't revea...”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; it’s not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype.”
