It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.

Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore.

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.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.

It's superfun being a mom, but it's hard too.

I was down after divorce - I was all the way down. And I just felt like, "God, I gotta turn this around. I can't go down like this. I have to know that this is happening for a reason." And I knew that I had to turn to music.

Now I got my foot - through the door - and I ain't goin' no where.