Top 100 Gwen Stefani Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I don’t mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.”

— Gwen Stefani

52. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

53. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

54. “I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I’m wearing makeup.”

— Gwen Stefani

55. “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.’”

— Gwen Stefani

56. “Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless – two different worlds.”

— Gwen Stefani

57. “Being in a band you can wear whatever you want – it’s like an excuse for Halloween every day.”

— Gwen Stefani

58. “I’ve been spoiled being in the fashion business. My son will be like, ‘Mommy, 20 new pairs of shoes came today. How come?’ Because I’m always telling him it’s not normal to have 20 pairs of tennis shoes to try on before school.”

— Gwen Stefani

59. “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

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

— Gwen Stefani

61. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

62. “I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called ‘Different People.’”

— Gwen Stefani

63. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

64. “At first it was my brother’s songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.”

— Gwen Stefani

65. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

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

— Gwen Stefani

67. “I don’t have a strong sense of self-worth unless I’m doing something.”

— Gwen Stefani

68. “I’m neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!”

— Gwen Stefani

69. “I’ve always worked really hard, and the hardest thing I’ve ever done is have kids!”

— Gwen Stefani

70. “I don’t fight with people – like, I can barely fight with my husband because I’ll just start crying instead.”

— Gwen Stefani

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

— Gwen Stefani

72. “I’m lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.”

— Gwen Stefani

73. “I’m vain enough to want do a movie again.”

— Gwen Stefani

74. “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

75. “You can’t plan anything, right? You can try.”

— Gwen Stefani

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

— Gwen Stefani

77. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

78. “I’ve always been a girl who loves to dress up.”

— Gwen Stefani

79. “I had done the No Doubt record Push and Shove, and that was a real challenge for me: I think after the giving birth twice, going on multiple tours, all the stuff that I had done, I really got quite burned out after that.”

— Gwen Stefani

80. “Generally I would say that I’m not a super-adventurous shadow girl. I’m all about a lip, eyebrow, and mascara, but through the years, working with different talented makeup artists, I learned how awesome eye makeup can be if you get it right. That’s how we got the colors we came up with.”

— Gwen Stefani

81. “How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It’s impossible!”

— Gwen Stefani

82. “My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.”

— Gwen Stefani

83. “I’m in a band, and I know exactly who those girls are. I know exactly what goes on backstage. I wish I had a little leash to walk him around.”

— Gwen Stefani

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

— Gwen Stefani

85. “It’s superfun being a mom, but it’s hard too.”

— Gwen Stefani

86. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

87. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

88. “Although I’d always wanted children, it was such an opposite thing to being a singer.”

— Gwen Stefani

89. “Have another baby. I mean, it’s such a miracle to have one. And there’s so...”

— Gwen Stefani

90. “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

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

— Gwen Stefani

92. “It’s not about me – it’s like, “How can I help you?” And when you give like that, you receive so much. It was an incredible experience, but it also gave me that bug: I wanted new music so badly.”

— Gwen Stefani

93. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

94. “I had gotten pregnant with Apollo, and I didn’t plan on that – it was just such a beautiful miracle. Four weeks later they called me and, like “Do you want to do The Voice?” It was this incredible opportunity to do something different.”

— Gwen Stefani

95. “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

96. “At a certain point I’m going to want to have a family.”

— Gwen Stefani

97. “I’ve been trying to do films for years. So I’ve decided to wait until the next good part comes along and develop a record on my own in the meantime.”

— Gwen Stefani

98. “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.”

— Gwen Stefani

99. “I have to be creative to be happy.”

— Gwen Stefani

100. “As a famous person you think how you’re gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.”

— Gwen Stefani