Gwen Stefani Quotes

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.

Fashion is an extension of your personality, and I've always been obsessed. I always want to have something different than everybody else.

There are limits put on women, but why should there be?

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.

I definitely look back at certain moments and don't think I look good...but I know why! I didn't have a hair stylist, I did all my own makeup, and I was going to the local fabric store for all of my outfits.

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.

[On husband Gavin Rossdale:] We're a perfect couple. He cooks, and I eat.

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.

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

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.

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.

It's not about me - it's like, "How can I help you?" And when you give like that, you receive so much. It was an incredible experience, but it also gave me that bug: I wanted new music so badly.

I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I’m wearing makeup.

Even being close to L.A., I was always inspired by old movies and Marilyn Monroe and the glamour of Hollywood.

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

I love Vivienne Westwood. So much. Every time I go to London, first thing I do is go in there. It's ridiculous!

I have to be creative to be happy.

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

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

I have to work very hard to look the way I do. I want the girls out there to know that.

You feel pretty gross when you are first pregnant. You don't feel cute, you feel disgusting. You're getting fat. It was hard.

I`m like a peanut butter sandwich.

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.

I work out five days a week, I can't imagine not doing it.

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.

I didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.

Once I find something I'm passionate about, I get this crazy drive.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

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.

If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.

Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name - total Rasta boy. He gives me a real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you still have to stop to hang out with him.

I've always worked really hard, and the hardest thing I've ever done is have kids!

I've made clothes my whole life, but I was just naive about the fashion world. But I think it's successful because I've been really involved. Picking the samples, inspirations, color palette.

What did turtles evolve from? Really, I want to know. And for God’s sake, don’t say lizards, because turtles are nothing like lizards. They could not be more different.

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

[Marriage] was the one thing I didn't want to fail at.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

When I think of a legacy, I think of the legacy of being a mom.

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.

I have people that are affected by what I do, what I say, and that would be the one place where it gets complicated. But being honest and truthful - I just believe that's the best way to be.

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.

Now I got my foot - through the door - and I ain't goin' no where.

I never wanted to go for the cute boys. Why would you wanna have a boyfriend that's cuter than you?

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.

I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.

Everything works out how it should.