I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.

I have to be creative to be happy.

There are limits put on women, but why should there be?

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.

My husband really loves the red [lipstick], so I keep the red because I want to keep the husband.