Shirley Manson has raved about fellow singer Patti Smith: “She is extraordinary”.
The Garbage frontwoman raved about her fellow rock singer, calling her “powerful” and “one of the touchstones in my life”.
Shirley, 57, described the 77-year-old punk rocker as inspiring, both “as a human being and as an artist”.
She revealed that, having performed alongside Patti a number of times, she’d noticed the singer growing better with age.
“We’ve shared stages with her,” she told music website Line of Best Fit.
“And I’ve met her several times, our history is long at this point. But she is extraordinary. And what really strikes me every time I see her play, is unlike every other artist I think I’ve ever seen in my life, she is augmented by her age, she’s not diminished by it.”
Shirley added she finds Patti’s work “beguiling” and especially impressive given the sexism frequently experienced by women in the music industry.
“Every time she appears, she appears even more powerful, even more potent, even more challenging, and arresting,” she said.
“She’s taking us to task, but it also feels to me like it comes from a place of real generous love, I find that really beguiling in her. And I think this is, again, why she has managed to straddle all these decades in an industry that eats women.”
