Top 154 Quotes & Sayings by Gwen Stefani - Page 2

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

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

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.'

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.

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 have to be creative to be happy.

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

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.

I got married and decided I wanted to do a dance record, and I didn't ever expect for it to be what it was or for the 'No Doubt' thing to be such a long break, but it was one of those things where you just had to sort of follow your inspiration.

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

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'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 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?

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.

Thank God that I get to do what I get to do; there's no way to tell you how grateful I am.

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

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.

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The moment you get pregnant, you're tortured by the fear of not doing it well. But I feel at peace with that right now.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

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

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?

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.

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'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.

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

I`m like a peanut butter sandwich.

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.

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.

I love Vivienne Westwood. So much. Every time I go to London, first thing I do is go in there. It's ridiculous!

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

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

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

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

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.

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?"

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

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 always loved fashion - it's a reflection of your personality.

[Marriage] was the one thing I didn't want to fail at.

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.

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.

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.

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

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."

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

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.