When you discover your sexuality - like when you're little, you don't notice it. Then suddenly you're walking down the street and you're whistled at. And you're like, Oh, I have this power I didn't know about. And you also discover you're kind of prey. And you're like, Wait, that's confusing.

My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person.

I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.

I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.

[On husband Gavin Rossdale:] We're a perfect couple. He cooks, and I eat.