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

Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do breathing exercises, per se, but I definitely have to have a sort of internal word with myself before things got completely out of hand and I fainted on the floor.

I'm 41, I'm a woman, not a kid. I have no interest in making silly pop music.

What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life.

I've always been an outsider. I am an outsider in Garbage. I'm the odd one out by default.

I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.

I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life.