Gwen Stefani Quotes

Thank God that I get to do what I get to do; there's no way to tell you how grateful I am.

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.

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

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.

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.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School.

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.

Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.

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.

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.

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

Don't shave, don't shower, don't care. Be really stinky and wear the same clothes every day. I think what makes a man sexy is not being self-aware. That’s what's really cute to me.

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.'

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?

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.

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.

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

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

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

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

The moment you get pregnant, you're tortured by the fear of not doing it well. But I feel at peace with that right now.

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

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 have learned to delegate.

Look at your watch now. You're still a super hot female.

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?

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.

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

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

When you're a parent, you're just like, God, I hope they like me when they grow up. I hope that I did a good job. I hope they're gonna be happy.

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.

My husband really loves the red [lipstick], so I keep the red because I want to keep the husband.

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.

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

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.

I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.

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

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

A great day for me is not getting out of bed. I like to see how many snacks I can eat..and how many really bad TV shows I can watch

I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.

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

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 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."

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

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

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

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