Gwen Stefani Quotes & Sayings

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. — Gwen Stefani

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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

Oh yea FORTUNATELY the girls are a lot braver then the guys, they flirt all the time. — Gwen Stefani

I think everyone has gifts and everyone has talents. If you are successful at it, it feels really good but it never really penetrates completely. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the world - I mean like it actually transcends language barriers - you see how it can affect people, and it's quite a tall order to follow up on. — Gwen Stefani

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." — Gwen Stefani

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

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

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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? — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

Music & Fashion; it all comes from the same place of creativity. — Gwen Stefani

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 — Gwen Stefani

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

I have to be creative to be happy. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

I've never been good at giving advice. The only advice I ever gave people was to find something that you are passionate about. But I hate giving advice, because, who am I? I'm just a girl. — Gwen Stefani

Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

Have another baby. I mean, it's such a miracle to have one. And there's so ... — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

Generally I would say that I'm not a super-adventurous shadow girl. I'm all about a lip, eyebrow, and mascara, but through the years, working with different talented makeup artists, I learned how awesome eye makeup can be if you get it right. That's how we got the colors we came up with. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

People might think you can turn creativity on and off,
but it's not like that. It just kind of comes out. A mash up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it's gonna happen, but when it does ... it's like magic.
It's just that simple and it's just that hard. — Gwen Stefani

I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I'm wearing makeup. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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! — Gwen Stefani

Sometimes life is so crazy, you have to go through something to be able to find out what you're supposed to talk about next, and I think that's what happened to me. — Gwen Stefani

My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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.' — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

I'm just writing what I feel, and I really don't think I've done anything wrong that I need to hide. The biggest thing, and I don't even like to bring it up, is my children - you know, you've gotta protect them. — Gwen Stefani

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?' — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

I was down after divorce - I was all the way down. And I just felt like, "God, I gotta turn this around. I can't go down like this. I have to know that this is happening for a reason." And I knew that I had to turn to music. — Gwen Stefani

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

I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with and had my heart sliced up into a bunch of little pieces that I was like, "I'm going to say this." I didn't even know how to play guitar. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music. — Gwen Stefani

Everything works out how it should. — Gwen Stefani

I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant. — Gwen Stefani

I'm happy to have L.A.M.B. participate in the PSP accessories show as I've always loved designing bags and accessories, It's all about creativity at the end of the day, whether you're talking about fashion, technology or music, and that's what my L.A.M.B. bags are about. — Gwen Stefani

I'm hoping my children will save me from my vanity. If it doesn't, plastic surgery is an option ... It sucks to have to grow older. We all have to accept it. — Gwen Stefani

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

I'd like to have no rules and eat what I want, but I've learned over the years that I'm so disappointed when I can't wear the clothes I want to wear. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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

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. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

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? — Gwen Stefani

And all I know is, you've got to give me everything. Nothing less 'cause, you know I give you all of me. — Gwen Stefani

I take the palette with me, but I have a lot of makeup. I was a makeup artist when I was younger, but I'm not that good compared with my makeup artist, so I keep things pretty simple. I explore a lot with pink and nude lipsticks, but I love red lipsticks. I love a line and a lash and a brow. So I don't need a lot, but I have a lot. It's all there just in case - for Halloween or whatever. — Gwen Stefani

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. — Gwen Stefani

I work out five days a week; I can't imagine not doing it. — Gwen Stefani

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. — Gwen Stefani