Gwen Stefani Quotes
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My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.
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When you discover your sexuality - like when you're little, you don't notice it. Then suddenly you're walking down the street and you're whistled at. And you're like, Oh, I have this power I didn't know about. And you also discover you're kind of prey. And you're like, Wait, that's confusing.
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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.
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I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.
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Once I find something I'm passionate about, I get this crazy drive.
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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.
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I grew up near Disneyland, and my brother's an animator, so I was always really inspired by bright, cartoony colors and that whole feeling of happiness.
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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.'
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It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.
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I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.
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It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.
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There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.
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I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.
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I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me, has always been traumatic, and I've always made all these excuses. But I've realized that you have to just accept that it was a gift: "I don't know where it came from, I don't know how I did it, but I did write all those songs, and I gotta do it again."
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The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.
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Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.
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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.
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Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.
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I never wanted to go for the cute boys. Why would you wanna have a boyfriend that's cuter than you?
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I remember my boyfriend and I had just broken up, and I was like 'I don't care how much it costs, I'm getting my hair bleached!' That's really when everything changed.
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I didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.
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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.
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[On husband Gavin Rossdale:] We're a perfect couple. He cooks, and I eat.
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People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.