Gwen Stefani Quotes

I often haven't heard the music since I've recorded it. I don't listen to it. When I do hear it, like at someone's house, I'll listen. I'm probably the most pleased with the stuff I did with New Grass Revival.

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

I'm always working on a new album because I'm always writing, and I'm always in and out of my home studio.

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.

Well you know, I've been into music my whole life, so to be able to put an album together with some of that music was awesome.

I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it.

I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

When I was recording my first solo album 'Imaginaryland,' I was listening to a lot of movie scores.

Every time I do an album, I say, 'That's the last one.'

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.

Albums take a lot out of you.

I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But sometimes you'll go a week where you'll write songs and they never see the light of day. So that process takes a long time.

I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close.

When we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our record. We're having a new record out in the Spring.

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.

The only album that I listen to upon recording a new one is my 'Cry' album, because sonically, I think it's my best album to date. But other than that, I've never listened to my records, ever.

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.