Gwen Stefani
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.Collection: Wedding
As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.Collection: Famous
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!Collection: Mom
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.Collection: Diet
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.Collection: Amazing
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.Collection: Famous
At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family.Collection: Family
Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.Collection: Mom
I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.Collection: Attitude
Life is short and you've got to get the most out of it.
I've always been a girl who loves to dress up.
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.
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'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.
Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.
I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.
I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.
Everything works out how it should.
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.
It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.
I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.
I have to be creative to be happy.
I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.
At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.
I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.
I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with.
I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.
If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.
I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.
Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.
Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.
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.
My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.
You know, I was chubby when I was a little girl. And I have all those issues everyone else has. But I try not to. And I've learned over the years that it's such a waste of time. And people like me whether I'm a little bit fatter or not.
My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.
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 work out five days a week; I can't imagine not doing it.
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.
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'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?'
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.
The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.
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.
I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.
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.
I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!
Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over.
I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person.
I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.
Although I'd always wanted children, it was such an opposite thing to being a singer.