I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.
Gwen StefaniI'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?
Gwen StefaniI'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 StefaniI 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."
Gwen Stefani