Gwen Stefani Quotes

I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain.

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life.

If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.

The [palette] fantasy is always to get what you want, what you wear, and to be able to take it with you, so you don't have to bring all the other stuff. I just started digging through my drawers of my favorites, and I asked myself what is it that I cant live without?

[On husband Gavin Rossdale:] We're a perfect couple. He cooks, and I eat.

It's interesting to watch where music is going next. Isn't it always rotating? It is so weird how disposable pop music is, even mine. It just goes by so fast.

Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard.

I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.

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.

We [No Doubt] were making music that was the opposite of grunge and what was popular on the radio, and we were fine with that. And for a garage band, we were massive! We were already successful in our own minds.

I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella. It would be totally messed up!

I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.

You feel pretty gross when you are first pregnant. You don't feel cute, you feel disgusting. You're getting fat. It was hard.

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.

I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I'm wearing makeup.

Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

I've been trying to do films for years. So I've decided to wait until the next good part comes along and develop a record on my own in the meantime.

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

I have to work very hard to look the way I do. I want the girls out there to know that.

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

Generally I would say that I'm not a super-adventurous shadow girl. I'm all about a lip, eyebrow, and mascara, but through the years, working with different talented makeup artists, I learned how awesome eye makeup can be if you get it right. That's how we got the colors we came up with.

I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with.

A miracle ... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard.

When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you. Once they get to, like, five, six and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility.' Oh my God. That is overwhelming.

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.

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.

I never wanted to go for the cute boys. Why would you wanna have a boyfriend that's cuter than you?

Music & Fashion; it all comes from the same place of creativity.

I definitely look back at certain moments and don't think I look good ... but I know why! I didn't have a hair stylist, I did all my own makeup, and I was going to the local fabric store for all of my outfits.

You can't plan anything, right? You can try.

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.

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.

I've always been a girl who loves to dress up.

I thought that I was going to be like this earth mother. When people would complain about being pregnant, I was like, 'What are you talking about? It's incredible! Just enjoy it.'

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.

I've been spoiled being in the fashion business. My son will be like, 'Mommy, 20 new pairs of shoes came today. How come?' Because I'm always telling him it's not normal to have 20 pairs of tennis shoes to try on before school.

I have people that are affected by what I do, what I say, and that would be the one place where it gets complicated. But being honest and truthful - I just believe that's the best way to be.

I had gotten pregnant with Apollo, and I didn't plan on that - it was just such a beautiful miracle. Four weeks later they called me and, like "Do you want to do The Voice?" It was this incredible opportunity to do something different.

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

I have to be creative to be happy.

I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed when I wrote those songs, even before anyone ever heard them. It wasn't a commercial thing.

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the world - I mean like it actually transcends language barriers - you see how it can affect people, and it's quite a tall order to follow up on.

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name-total Rasta boy. He gives me a real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you still have to stop to hang out with him.

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

I work out five days a week; I can't imagine not doing it.

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.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!

I think everyone has gifts and everyone has talents. If you are successful at it, it feels really good but it never really penetrates completely.

I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?'

You know, I was chubby when I was a little girl. And I have all those issues everyone else has. But I try not to. And I've learned over the years that it's such a waste of time. And people like me whether I'm a little bit fatter or not.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

I'm really emotional. I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. I've learned not to do that.

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.

Have another baby. I mean, it's such a miracle to have one. And there's so ...

You're always tellin' me to go out more, Go ahead, get out and see the world, But then I think, why should I? I'd rather stay home and cry.

I'm happy to have L.A.M.B. participate in the PSP accessories show as I've always loved designing bags and accessories, It's all about creativity at the end of the day, whether you're talking about fashion, technology or music, and that's what my L.A.M.B. bags are about.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.

I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

Even being close to L.A., I was always inspired by old movies and Marilyn Monroe and the glamour of Hollywood.

I remember the day I discovered James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. I don't know why it affected me so strongly, but I walked down to the corner store and bought every poster of them, and I did my whole room up. Overnight.

Love is when you have a bad day but then you see the one you love and everything seems to be ok

I don't know why I've always loved makeup so much. It helps me get ready for my day and the stage. It really does make a huge difference. We're just so lucky as women to be able to wear it. If you're having a bad day you can change that. Guys don't have a choice and just have to face the world like that. Could you imagine?

I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.

I have learned to delegate.

I've made clothes my whole life, but I was just naive about the fashion world. But I think it's successful because I've been really involved. Picking the samples, inspirations, color palette.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.

The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

Our memories, they can be inviting. But some are altogether, mighty frightening.