Quotes By Gwen Stefani

I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.

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.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

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

When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you. Once they get to, like, five, six and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility.' Oh my God. That is overwhelming.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

It's superfun being a mom, but it's hard too.

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