Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. Gwen Stefani More Quotes by Gwen Stefani More Quotes From Gwen Stefani Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name - total Rasta boy. He gives me a real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you still have to stop to hang out with him. Gwen Stefani mom new-york mother Thank God that I get to do what I get to do; there's no way to tell you how grateful I am. Gwen Stefani grateful thank-god way My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing. Gwen Stefani priorities my-family husband 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. Gwen Stefani eye song people 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. Gwen Stefani mother two long 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? Gwen Stefani worry past thinking When you're a parent, you're just like, God, I hope they like me when they grow up. I hope that I did a good job. I hope they're gonna be happy. Gwen Stefani growing-up parent jobs 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. Gwen Stefani wells moments feels Oh yea FORTUNATELY the girls are a lot braver then the guys, they flirt all the time. Gwen Stefani flirting guy girl 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. Gwen Stefani hard-times writing believe 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. Gwen Stefani want people thinking [Marriage] was the one thing I didn't want to fail at. Gwen Stefani one-thing failing want I'm just writing what I feel, and I really don't think I've done anything wrong that I need to hide. The biggest thing, and I don't even like to bring it up, is my children - you know, you've gotta protect them. Gwen Stefani writing children thinking I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song. Gwen Stefani song attitude mean My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative. Gwen Stefani clothes growing-up mom I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. Gwen Stefani husband fighting people 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?" Gwen Stefani growing-up girl people There are limits put on women, but why should there be? Gwen Stefani limits should 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! Gwen Stefani mom character children 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. Gwen Stefani being-in-love my-boyfriend creative
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