Gwen Stefani Quotes - Page 4

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.

Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore.

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

People will tell me, "You're such a punk rebel," this or that, but I was not that growing up. I was actually a super-sheltered, conservative girl. Now, there was probably a bit of me that was like, "Why do I have to be like that?"

My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.

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.

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

The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.