I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me, has always been traumatic, and I've always made all these excuses. But I've realized that you have to just accept that it was a gift: "I don't know where it came from, I don't know how I did it, but I did write all those songs, and I gotta do it again."

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

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.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.

It's interesting to watch where music is going next. Isn't it always rotating? It is so weird how disposable pop music is, even mine. It just goes by so fast.