Gwen Stefani Quotes

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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! ~ Gwen Stefani

I have to be creative to be happy. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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.' ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

I have learned to delegate. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

I'd really like to work with Gwen Stefani and Cee Lo. ~ Kat Graham

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

I am a huge fan of Gwen Stefani. ~ Emma Bunton

I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod ... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. ~ Olga Kurylenko

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? ~ Gwen Stefani

Do I think Photoshop is being used excessively? Yes. I saw Madonna's Louis Vuitton ad and honestly, at first glance, I thought it was Gwen Stefani's baby. ~ Tina Fey

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

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

My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

It's like a relay race of being ignored. It is really challenging, but whenever I get asked that stuff, I feel really self-conscious about it. I feel really lucky because we have a lot of help. When I first began to be a dad with Gwen [Stefani], I was amazed at what she went through. ~ Gavin Rossdale

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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?' ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

I think my ultimate fashion icon would have to be Gwen Stefani. I love her persona; I love what she embodies and represents. I love the fact that she was a girl fronting a band of boys in No Doubt. ~ Tinashe

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed. ~ Courtney Love

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style. ~ Ellie Goulding

I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani. ~ Usher

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

You can't plan anything, right? You can try. ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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? ~ Gwen Stefani

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. ~ Gwen Stefani

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

I just want to tell you what it's like not to have Planned Parenthood ... you have to give your kids Ramen noodles at the end of the month to fill up their little bellies so they won't cry. You have to give them mayonnaise sandwiches. They get very few fruits and vegetables because they're expensive. ~ Gwen Moore

I'm probably half in love with a boy I don't really like. ~ Gwen Hayes

the wildflowers said what burial. ~ Gwen Calvo

I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization. ~ Gwen Moore

CNN anchor Gwen Scott claimed it is common knowledge that Turner sits in his office and smokes marijuana. ~ Ted Turner

The first religious experience that I can remember is getting under the nursery table to pray that the dancing mistress might be dead before we got to the Dancing Class. ~ Gwen Raverat

Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality. ~ Gwen John

I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world..and yet I know it will..I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree. ~ Gwen John

We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for. ~ Gwen Bristow

Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience. ~ Gwen Moore