Shirley Manson

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.

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!

It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate.

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 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.

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.

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

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.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

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.

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

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