Gwen Stefani's Quotes

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

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

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

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

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 imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone.

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.'

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.

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.

I try not to be but I'm super-neurotic about diet. I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! 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. And I want to wear cute clothes.

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.

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 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'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?'

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.

If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too.

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.

Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end.

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.

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.

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.

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.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

Life is short and you've got to get the most out of it.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

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

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

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

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'

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.

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

Although I'd always wanted children, it was such an opposite thing to being a singer.

And if I let myself down, appear on stage when I'm not looking my best, it's not fun for me. I just beat myself up about it.

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

At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family.

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

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

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday.

Every day I fail at something.

Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over.

Everything works out how it should.

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

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

I have learned to delegate.