Gwen Stefani Quotes

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.

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

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

Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.

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.

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

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

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?

My husband really loves the red [lipstick], so I keep the red because I want to keep the husband.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I`m like a peanut butter sandwich.

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

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 didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County.

I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Everything works out how it should.

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.

We all have to go through hard times.

Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

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

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 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.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School.

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.

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