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" 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. "

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" I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed. "

Shirley Manson

Feel Good

Clothes

Myself

" That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. "

" A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour. "

" The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down. "

" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "

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

Shirley Manson

Know

Comfort

" 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 feel privileged, to be honest. "

" I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving. "

" You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. "

" I'd never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I've had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really astounding. It's taken me a long time to accept what I do for a living and actually feel like I have anything of value to add to the equation. "

Shirley Manson

Time

Long

" I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. "

Shirley Manson

My Own

Mean

" I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included. "

" I'm a loud person; I love noise and aggression. I crave contact. "

" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "

" I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. "

" 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

End

Day

" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "

" I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next. "

Shirley Manson

Most

Game

" The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression. "

" I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. "

" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "

" Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. "

" I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view. "

" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "

" I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. "

" 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. "

" 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 reveal too much: people are curious. "

" 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'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. "