Gwen Stefani Quotes

• "After Tony broke up with me, I realised I had something to say."
• "All those years we were only committed to each other, but then we grew up. You could tell people in the band needed a break."
• "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."
• "At the same time, I'm a girlie-girl. I enjoy making myself up and all that stuff."
• "Because I had a crush on him, he turned me on to Prince and Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb, and that stuff has always had a special place in my heart."
• "Because that's what I define myself as - a songwriter."
• "But at the same time, I never expected to be here in the first place."
• "But can I always wear an Alice-in-Wonderland costume? I probably shouldn't."
• "Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."
• "I definitely wanted to make a record that would get underneath the skin."
• "I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead."
• "I don't know what I will be doing in 10 years."
• "I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song."
• "I don't want to drop off and not be on the radio or not be able to talk about myself for hours."
• "I feel like I graduated from high school, and I needed a song that felt like throwing my cap in the air."
• "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 knew I had to get started on the album or I'd never get to the next No Doubt record, or the baby or the movie."
• "I learned how to song-write halfway through that record. Once knew I could write songs, I blossomed."
• "I never for one minute thought that I'd go solo."
• "I remember being this 17 year-old girl, in love and really excited about my future with the boy that I thought was going to be my husband and we'd have babies and that was my passion."
• "I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek."
• "I wanted to make a very good feeling, classic upbeat dance record that when you first heard it, it would be your guilty pleasure."
• "I was in love with Tony and just happy to be in the band."
• "I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys. It was just such a magical time."
• "I was super-ska girl when I met Tony."
• "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 would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with."
• "I'm a woman and I'm 35. I don't have that much time left to do this kind of pop record. Let's be real."
• "I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."
• "I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me."
• "I've written songs on guitar, but I don't play guitar good enough to be free."
• "If I could be a boy, I'd want to be like Andre. I relate to him so much."
• "If only they knew what a dork I really am."
• "If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince."
• "In the beginning of the process I was scared to let other people into my creative world, but doing that fueled some fire in me."
• "It was like, power. Suddenly you don't have to be dependent on anyone else for happiness 'cause you've got this thing you can do."
• "It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere."
• "It's an art project; it's me collaborating with some different people to create something magical."
• "It's hard for me to take someone else's words and sing them."
• "It's like when a song writes itself. My life is writing itself."
• "My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School."
• "Now, it seems like maybe one or a couple more records, and then I want a family."
• "The hardest part was letting someone even suggest an idea and then my ego being able to take it if it was good."
• "The idea was to be open and let my ego shut up and sit over in the corner and make something great based on a concept."
• "The next thing I know I'm writing my first single. Completing that song really triggered something in me. I had found my inspiration."
• "The real difference is that with No Doubt everything is a full collaboration, everybody has their vote and their energy: we're a real band."
• "The whole reason you work with someone like Dre is that you want to know what they think. He's such a great producer because he really knows how to get the best out of you and make you feel good about yourself."
• "These are things that everyone goes through; I just happen to talk about it."
• "This is the first time in a long time that I don't know what's gonna happen next."
• "Tomorrow night I'll be in bed with my husband again and it will be really great."
• "Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites. I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"
• "When I'm 40, maybe I really will want to get up and be 30 pounds overweight and I'll want to get out there and sing songs for people."
• "Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard."
• "I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup."
• "Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked."
• "Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels."
• "The people who worked at the clubs just assumed I was a tag along girlfriend or groupie. I'd get up on stage and the audience was just like, 'Show me your tits!' I had nothing to show anyway!"
• "The first lot were not reflective of my personality [on her dolls]"