When my son was a day old, that’s when it hit me that I no longer had a say—it would always be about him. He now fully depends on me. In the beginnin… - Avril Lavigne

If you're trying to turn me into something else? It's easy to see, I'm not down with that.

I’ve gone through so much, (referring to Lyme disease and divorce from Chad Kroeger) it put things in perspective and showed me how much the small things in life—friends, love, family, just your health—matter the most. (Referring to the debuting of album Head Above Water) It gave me a purpose, and made me find myself all over again. I'd give anything just to relax with a glass of wine 'cause it just means so much to me. There's still a part of me that loves punk rock.

"I started singing in my second year of campus. Over time, I had to become a different woman, especially because of motherhood. I’ve been in the industry since I was 18, and now I’m in my 30s.