United Kingdom, Feb. 18 -- Hilary Duff "just felt really ready to share" when she returned to the music business.

The 38-year-old star is preparing to release her long-awaited new album, Luck... or Something, and Hilary has now explained what prompted her to return to making music after a decade-long hiatus.

The blonde beauty - who has focused her attention on acting in recent years - told Glamour magazine: "I just felt really ready to share.

"One, I wanted to stretch creatively, and two, I wanted to make something that I could connect with people again on the level of who I am now. I felt like people have definitely gone through some of the similar large strokes that I have in the past 10 to 15 years."

Hilary first found fame playing...