"After Tony broke up with me, I realised I had something to say."
"All those years we were only committed to each other, but then we grew up. You could tell people in the band needed a break."
"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life."
"At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family."
"At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me."
"At the same time, I'm a girlie-girl. I enjoy making myself up and all that stuff."
"Because I had a crush on him, he turned me on to Prince and Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb, and that stuff has always had a special place in my heart."
"Because that's what I define myself as - a songwriter."
"But at the same time, I never expected to be here in the first place."
"But can I always wear an Alice-in-Wonderland costume? I probably shouldn't."
"Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."
"I definitely wanted to make a record that would get underneath the skin."
"I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead."
"I don't know what I will be doing in 10 years."
"I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song."
"I don't want to drop off and not be on the radio or not be able to talk about myself for hours."
"I feel like I graduated from high school, and I needed a song that felt like throwing my cap in the air."
"I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone."
"I knew I had to get started on the album or I'd never get to the next No Doubt record, or the baby or the movie."

Was on her High School swim team.

Lead singer for the band No Doubt.

Met fiancé Gavin Rossdale (Bush) in 1996 at a concert she was playing with her band No Doubt.

Inspired by such musicals as The Sound Of Music, and Annie.

Has one sister, Jill and two brothers, Eric and Todd.