I got married and decided I wanted to do a dance record, and I didn't ever expect for it to be what it was or for the 'No Doubt' thing to be such a long break, but it was one of those things where you just had to sort of follow your inspiration.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

Sometimes life is so crazy, you have to go through something to be able to find out what you're supposed to talk about next, and I think that's what happened to me.

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

I'm just writing what I feel, and I really don't think I've done anything wrong that I need to hide. The biggest thing, and I don't even like to bring it up, is my children - you know, you've gotta protect them.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

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