Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri says she has a more punky and rebellious streak now than she ever did when she was younger.
The Bellshill born 53-year-old has just released the band's 10th album, Hi, which features a new collaboration with US rap group Wu-Tang Clan.
I Don’t Want a Lover hitmaker Sharleen, who is a mum to model Misty Kyd, revealed she feels more able to do what she wants now than ever before.
She said: "I feel a lot freer and I guess I feel more like a rebel and more punk as I have got older than I ever did when I was younger, because I don't give a flying f***."
"When you get older you are more of a free spirit. I know that sounds crazy and young people would never believe that but there is a confidence and a sharing aspect.
"You want to share as you get older. You are happy to share yourself more. When you are young there are things you don't want people to know. You hold on to stuff.
"But I think that definitely as you get older you are like, 'I don't know what this is, I am just going to throw it out there and see if anybody has an answer' or there is an experience where you think, 'Well, at this point I have got to share this'.
Sharleen, who is lead singer of the rock band formed in 1986 in Glasgow, also said she never imagined she'd be a professional in the music industry.
She added: "I was always a geek. I was just a little geeky girl who liked music - loved music, adored music.
"I didn't ever imagine that I would become a songwriter let alone a musician, let alone successful.
"It seemed like something that people in other worlds did. People who lived in London did that. People who lived in America did that. They became musicians and rock stars.
"Growing up, you are watching Top Of The Pops. I never had those aspirations to become a pop star. I still don't have those aspirations but f*** me I wanted to be a songwriter."
