Gwen Stefani Quotes
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I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
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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.
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Love is when you have a bad day but then you see the one you love and everything seems to be ok.
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I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.
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I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with and had my heart sliced up into a bunch of little pieces that I was like, "I'm going to say this." I didn't even know how to play guitar.
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I have to be creative to be happy.
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Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.
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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.
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Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore.
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Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.
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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.
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Look at your watch now. You're still a super hot female.
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My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Even being close to L.A., I was always inspired by old movies and Marilyn Monroe and the glamour of Hollywood.
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Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.
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Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.
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I'm in a band, and I know exactly who those girls are. I know exactly what goes on backstage. I wish I had a little leash to walk him around.
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I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.
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After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.
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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.
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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.