Gwen Stefani Quotes

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

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

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.

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

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.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 have to be creative to be happy.

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.

I'm like a peanut butter sandwich.

It takes a lot of selfish time to make music.

I have learned to delegate.

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 didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

When I think of a legacy, I think of the legacy of being a mom.

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

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

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

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

Everything works out how it should.

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

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

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.

Fashion is an extension of your personality, and I've always been obsessed. I always want to have something different than everybody else.

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.

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