Quotes By Gwen Stefani

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

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 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.

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.

Every day I fail at something.

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

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

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 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.

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.

Although I'd always wanted children, it was such an opposite thing to being a singer.

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.

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

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

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

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

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.

If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.

Everything works out how it should.

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

I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I'm wearing makeup.

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 have to be creative to be happy.

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.

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'

I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with.

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.