Quotes By 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I have learned to delegate.

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

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.

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.'

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.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

You can't plan anything, right? You can try.

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'm really emotional. I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. I've learned not to do that.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.