"After Tony broke up with me, I realised I had something to say." - Gwen Stefani
"All those years we were only committed to each other, but then we grew up. You could tell people in the band needed a break." - Gwen Stefani
"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life." - Gwen Stefani
"At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family." - Gwen Stefani
"At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me." - Gwen Stefani
"At the same time, I'm a girlie-girl. I enjoy making myself up and all that stuff." - Gwen Stefani
"Because I had a crush on him, he turned me on to Prince and Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb, and that stuff has always had a special place in my heart." - Gwen Stefani
"Because that's what I define myself as - a songwriter." - Gwen Stefani
"But at the same time, I never expected to be here in the first place." - Gwen Stefani
"But can I always wear an Alice-in-Wonderland costume? I probably shouldn't." - Gwen Stefani
"Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends." - Gwen Stefani
"I definitely wanted to make a record that would get underneath the skin." - Gwen Stefani
"I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead." - Gwen Stefani
"I don't know what I will be doing in 10 years." - Gwen Stefani
"I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song." - Gwen Stefani
"I don't want to drop off and not be on the radio or not be able to talk about myself for hours." - Gwen Stefani
"I feel like I graduated from high school, and I needed a song that felt like throwing my cap in the air." - Gwen Stefani
"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." - Gwen Stefani
"I knew I had to get started on the album or I'd never get to the next No Doubt record, or the baby or the movie." - Gwen Stefani
"I learned how to song-write halfway through that record. Once knew I could write songs, I blossomed." - Gwen Stefani
"I never for one minute thought that I'd go solo." - Gwen Stefani
"I remember being this 17 year-old girl, in love and really excited about my future with the boy that I thought was going to be my husband and we'd have babies and that was my passion." - Gwen Stefani
"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek." - Gwen Stefani
"I wanted to make a very good feeling, classic upbeat dance record that when you first heard it, it would be your guilty pleasure." - Gwen Stefani
"I was in love with Tony and just happy to be in the band." - Gwen Stefani
"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys. It was just such a magical time." - Gwen Stefani
"I was super-ska girl when I met Tony." - Gwen Stefani
"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." - Gwen Stefani
"I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with." - Gwen Stefani
"I'm a woman and I'm 35. I don't have that much time left to do this kind of pop record. Let's be real." - Gwen Stefani
"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant." - Gwen Stefani
"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me." - Gwen Stefani
"I've written songs on guitar, but I don't play guitar good enough to be free." - Gwen Stefani
"If I could be a boy, I'd want to be like Andre. I relate to him so much." - Gwen Stefani
"If only they knew what a dork I really am." - Gwen Stefani
"If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince." - Gwen Stefani
"In the beginning of the process I was scared to let other people into my creative world, but doing that fueled some fire in me." - Gwen Stefani
"It was like, power. Suddenly you don't have to be dependent on anyone else for happiness 'cause you've got this thing you can do." - Gwen Stefani
"It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere." - Gwen Stefani
"It's an art project; it's me collaborating with some different people to create something magical." - Gwen Stefani
"It's hard for me to take someone else's words and sing them." - Gwen Stefani
"It's like when a song writes itself. My life is writing itself." - Gwen Stefani
"My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School." - Gwen Stefani
"Now, it seems like maybe one or a couple more records, and then I want a family." - Gwen Stefani
"The hardest part was letting someone even suggest an idea and then my ego being able to take it if it was good." - Gwen Stefani
"The idea was to be open and let my ego shut up and sit over in the corner and make something great based on a concept." - Gwen Stefani
"The next thing I know I'm writing my first single. Completing that song really triggered something in me. I had found my inspiration." - Gwen Stefani
"The real difference is that with No Doubt everything is a full collaboration, everybody has their vote and their energy: we're a real band." - Gwen Stefani
"The whole reason you work with someone like Dre is that you want to know what they think. He's such a great producer because he really knows how to get the best out of you and make you feel good about yourself." - Gwen Stefani
"These are things that everyone goes through; I just happen to talk about it." - Gwen Stefani
"This is the first time in a long time that I don't know what's gonna happen next." - Gwen Stefani
"Tomorrow night I'll be in bed with my husband again and it will be really great." - Gwen Stefani
"Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites. I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!" - Gwen Stefani
"When I'm 40, maybe I really will want to get up and be 30 pounds overweight and I'll want to get out there and sing songs for people." - Gwen Stefani
"Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard." - Gwen Stefani
