“I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed when I wrote those songs, even before anyone ever heard them. It wasn't a commercial thing.” WritingWholeFeelingsRememberYoungSongHeardChangedWhole LifeLife ChangingWriting Songs Author:Gwen Stefani
“I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me, has always been traumatic, and I've always made all these excuses. But I've realized that you have to just accept that it was a gift: "I don't know where it came from, I don't know how I did it, but I did write all those songs, and I gotta do it again."” ThinkingKnowsWritingMadeSongLostAcceptingKnow HowSuccessfulExcuseBeing SuccessfulSongwriting Author:Gwen Stefani
“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.” PeopleWorldWritingMeanSongOrderLanguageBlowAround The WorldBarriersTallFollow UpLanguage Barriers Author:Gwen Stefani
“I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with and had my heart sliced up into a bunch of little pieces that I was like, "I'm going to say this." I didn't even know how to play guitar.” ThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsHeartLittlesPlaySongKnow HowPiecesBrokenMy HeartGuitarBunchDiscoveringNaiveBroken Up Author:Gwen Stefani
“My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.” SongMusicNightmareSongwritingDiaries Author:Gwen Stefani
“I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.” WayMeanSongAttitudeNeededStuckStuck Up Author:Gwen Stefani
“I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'” PeopleFirstsDifferentRememberSongDifferent Peoples Author:Gwen Stefani
“Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.” WritingHardSongMusic IsArtistic Author:Gwen Stefani
“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.” PeopleNeedsFeelsEyeSongWalksGroupsFrontsHugeCriticismHave ConfidencePublic Eye Author:Gwen Stefani
“Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.” WritingSongBitsNakedIntimateWriting Songs Author:Gwen Stefani
