It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life.

Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over.

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

I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with and had my heart sliced up into a bunch of little pieces that I was like, "I'm going to say this." I didn't even know how to play guitar.

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it’s like an excuse for Halloween everyday.

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