Gwen Stefani Quotes

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

For me, a breakup changed my entire life. I was a mess. I really got rocked, and I ended up turning it into a positive thing.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

I grew up in a sad, depressed place. I got out. Poetry saved my life.

I went through some stuff. And I got very depressed at times. It was like a marriage breaking up suddenly, violently, quickly. And I was just trying to figure out what happened. When we started putting this tour together, I started to feel better almost immediately. And then this there is this, there is almost no better antidote to what I"ve just been through than to do this every night.

I would have to say that my divorce was an incredibly difficult experience in my life, but I am truly thankful for it. It made me a stronger and better person.

In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

I know so many people who have gone through just not very good situations, and sometimes you just need a song to help pick you up out of it, especially if you're going through the hurting part.

'Showgirls' was a critical point in my life. I had my head handed to me. At 21 years old, I had to find my self-esteem again. It was a very hard time.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.

I used to assume no one would care, but I do think now I've written songs that are useful to people having dark hours.

When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.

I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity.

I wrote 'Road Less Traveled' to make myself feel better and process what I was going through.

I'm so thankful that I had music to turn to in the dark times and be able to understand myself through it.

I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.

On top of trying to find my way in this business and losing my mother and trying to figure out what family meant to me and everything - 2016, there was a lot of anger from me and a lot of anger all around. I think the hardest part was to really realize that all these things, it's worth it.

Music has empowered me through poverty, abuse, and mental-health issues.

Music took me from a real dark place to a real bright one.

Music became my way of processing things and a way to gain confidence.

At my lowest point, I found cooking.

Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose.