Shirley Manson talks Gwen Stefani

Almost 10 years after [No Doubt’s] ‘Just a Girl’ hit the airwaves, Stefani has an instantly recognisable voice, an inimitable sense of style and an impact on popular culture on par with Madonna’s. ‘There will never be anyone else quite like her,’ says Garbage singer Shirley Manson, who has known Stefani since the mid-Nineties and toured with No Doubt in 2002. ‘She’s got an extraordinary mixture of the elements that make a great pop star and the elements that make a great rock star. She’s like the perfect Trojan horse: she seems very benign and wholesome, but underneath lurks an incredible toughness and powerful directness.’
(source: guardian.co.uk)