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Gwen Stefani, born on October 3, 1969, is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer known for her unique musical style and fashion sense. She was the lead singer of the rock band No Doubt and achieved significant success in her solo career.

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“I think everyone has gifts and everyone has talents. If you are successful at it, it feels really good but it never really penetrates completely.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Successful Talent Penetrate

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“To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.”

People Thinking Writing Focus Albums Selfish

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“I've made clothes my whole life, but I was just naive about the fashion world. But I think it's successful because I've been really involved. Picking the samples, inspirations, color palette.”

Thinking World Made Whole Inspiration Successful Fashion Color Involved Clothes Whole Life Naive Sample Palette Fashion World

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“I definitely look back at certain moments and don't think I look good...but I know why! I didn't have a hair stylist, I did all my own makeup, and I was going to the local fabric store for all of my outfits.”

Thinking Knows Looks Moments Certain My Own Hair Stores Locals Makeup Fabric Outfits Stylist Hair Stylist

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

Thinking Persons Ends Normal Get Away Normal Life

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“This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.”

Thinking Years Kind Feelings Body Lasts Break Needed Work Out Focused Feel Good Last Year

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“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.”

Thinking Giving Real Done Stuff Challenges Doubt Records Birth No Doubt Burned Multiple Giving Birth Burned Out

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“Sometimes life is so crazy, you have to go through something to be able to find out what you're supposed to talk about next, and I think that's what happened to me.”

Thinking Sometimes Able Life Is Next Happened Crazy Sometimes In Life

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“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."”

Thinking Knows Writing Made Song Lost Accepting Know How Successful Excuse Being Successful Songwriting

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“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.”

Thinking Knows Writing Firsts Heart Littles Play Song Know How Pieces Broken My Heart Guitar Bunch Discovering Naive Broken Up

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“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.”

Thinking Knows Needs Feels Writing Children Done Protect My Children

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“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.”

People Thinking Want Affected

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“When I think of a legacy, I think of the legacy of being a mom.”

Thinking Mom Legacy Being A Mom

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“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?”

Thinking Knows Trying Past Worry Waste Wasting Time Worrying About The Past

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

People Thinking Knows Able Fool Geek Dork

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“Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.”

Thinking Way Feels Hard Mom Being A Mom Working Mom

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“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!”

Thinking Should Children Character Would Be Mom Dresses Messed Up Wonderland

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“People might think you can turn creativity on and off, but it's not like that. It just kind of comes out. A mash up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it's gonna happen, but when it does ... it's like magic. It's just that simple and it's just that hard.”

People Thinking Knows Mind Kind Doe Hard Might Happens Turns Simple Creativity Magic And Off Mash Up

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“You're always tellin' me to go out more, Go ahead, get out and see the world, But then I think, why should I? I'd rather stay home and cry.”

Thinking World Should Home Strong Cry Should I Stay Strong

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“Don't shave, don't shower, don't care. Be really stinky and wear the same clothes every day. I think what makes a man sexy is not being self-aware. That’s what's really cute to me.”

Thinking Men Self Care Clothes Don't Care Sexy Cute Showers Really Cute Stinky

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About the Author

Born: October 3, 1969
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 146

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