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“[This blown-out fashion extravaganza is a far cry from her more humble beginnings as a teenager in Anaheim, California, in the heart of Orange County. There, she'd follow her mother to the fabric store and her mom would let her choose her own buttons, zippers, and threads and encouraged her to make her own clothes. Gwen's taste evolved, and she went from wearing tomboyish overalls, jumpers, and baseball caps to finding pegged men's pajama bottoms and making corset-style drop-waist dresses with cheerleader skirts, which she'd pair with boxer shorts, fishnets and Doc Martens.] That was it, ... Suddenly you hit puberty, and it's like, you know, thrift stores! I just started deconstructing everything from thrift stores.”
“I don't like to assume anything; I'm just learning, The top is the Chanel dress that I wore last year.”
“Music and fashion, it all comes from the same place of creativity, ... I don't see why any musician who has style or pays attention to style couldn't do it [fashion]. It's an extension of my personality. I can't explain why I like it, it's just always been that way for me — like pizza.”
“That was the first time we'd worked outside the group with songwriters, and it was really awkward. That's what defines us as a band, writing, so it was a brave and crazy experiment, It was uncomfortable in the studio, but Hella Good has become one of our staple songs,”
“the shit is bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S”
“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.”
“I don't expect to fit in right away but I do sense that the fashion world is rooting for me, too. I'm not being treated like a celebrity wannabe fashion designer. But even if I was, it doesn't really matter because I'm doing this for me ... but it does feel really good when you have a hit,”
“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.”
“I've been in this business for 18 years; they're 18,”
“[What she does possess in spades is a knack for pulling her design team squarely into her corner by exuding a quality as rare as black pearls in the world of style: a rigorously self-enforced humility.] I have a huge ego, let's face it, ... But at the end of the day I don't need to raise my hand and say, 'Look at me; I did this part, I did that.' ”
“Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”
“What You Waiting For?”
“Let Me Blow Ya Mind.”
“it was a slam-dunk. She was really great to photograph, she lights up the frame.”
“I thought I was good at mixing things up, ... but I realize Andrea is even better. I don't have her refinement.”
“Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.”
“It haunted us. It was a really honest video, but we had to sit on a couch together for a year and half and answer the same questions every night and every interview.”
“I feel very defensive about that question today. I'm very, very hands-on. I sewed the rhinestones on the wedding dress today. It's my passion, and every bit of the collection starts here.”
“L.A.M.B. is a fashion line that -- fingers crossed -- will just get more and more sophisticated, ... What's different than what's out there is the way I put things together. And, if you look inside the pants, you'll find secret details in there.”
“What Are You Waiting For?”
“We just thought they were ugly--really fucking ugly.”
“(My inspiration) was so strong with 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and it was just like I had such a fire of inspiration.”
“Going on tour without them, I felt like I was cheating. We've been a band for 18 years. None of this was expected. Just like the pregnancy too. I'm sure everybody's wondering how this is all going to turn out.”
“Suddenly the song had this attitude, ... It was like, kind of, 'Oh! Where did the attitude come from?'”
“Oh yea FORTUNATELY the girls are a lot braver then the guys, they flirt all the time.”
“[While there were rumors the No Doubt singer might not attend, she arrived early and smiling.] It's been a huge year, ... A year ago I remember driving up with [No Doubt] playing them the songs for the first time.”
“There are moments where I think that we made an amazing record and I'm so proud of it, but I don't wake up and go, "Wow, I'm amazing.”
“I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.”
“I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.”
“I'm cutting in line and thank you for letting me cut in line, but I will stand here for a while. I'm not in a rush.”
“So far, so good,”
“I'm stupidly crazy for old movies. I (record) them so that when I'm doing my makeup in the morning, I have them on. I can be like: 'Look at Jane Russell in that shiny leopard dress - I'm copying that.'”
“I think me and Snoop look really good together tonight.”
“Yeah, it's fun. I love talking about myself. And its yummy right now in the heat ...”
“The people who worked at the clubs just assumed I was a tagalong girlfriend or groupie. I'd get up on stage and the audience was just like, 'Show me your tits!' I had nothing to show anyway.”
“Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.”
“Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday.”
“I wasn't a cheerleader or in the choir. I didnt have loads of friends.”
“I made out with the keyboard player from Fishbone, and he tried to take advantage of the situation and I was not about to, and he got really mad.”
“All I wanted to do was make a dance record. Not even that — a stupid dance record.”
“That was way back in the day.”
“We've been all around the world and that's my favourite part of everything I do.”
“I remember when I was in school, they would ask, ''What are you going to be when you grow up?'' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.”
“Just don't wake me up! ... Because I'm saying, that was pretty great. That was beyond any dream I've ever had. It was so incredible, just to be able to have a show and to be able to share it with everyone in that kind of way ... and all these unbelievable, beautiful, tall skinny girls that I just want to hit because they're so pretty, walking in the clothes. It was extraordinary.”
“Tony was the star on this one. He was willing to try anything, and i was like, "whoa!! my best friend is getting me off right now!" There was a real chemistry.”
“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.”
“I'm a very private person, so getting used to that kind of limelight was never going to be easy.”
“What did I win? ... I guess whatever I won, I just want to say thank you to the fans, especially all my girls. Imagine what it feels like to be me all these years and have your support. It's just outrageous.”
“That was it. Suddenly you hit puberty, and it's like, you know, thrift stores! I just started deconstructing everything from thrift stores.”
“I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it's…a snapshot of (a) time period of my life, and ... that's the song that kind of took us around the world.”
“I'm really horrible with secrets. It's amazing we kept it quiet as long as we did, I suppose. People were really supportive .... The tabloid stuff is so ridiculous.”
“To work with the people I worked with and put myself in that vulnerable position as a songwriter and collaborate with some talented people and still be free is really challenging. That was the hard part,”
“I'm happy to have L.A.M.B. participate in the PSP accessories show as I've always loved designing bags and accessories, ... It's all about creativity at the end of the day, whether you're talking about fashion, technology or music, and that's what my L.A.M.B. bags are about.”
“It was the last song written on the album, and we had already finished the album. We just decided it wasn't good enough.”
“No, I don't think so. But I have always known what was coming next, until now.”
“I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.”
“Music and fashion, it all comes from the same place of creativity,”
“[She said:] I tried out for 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. I did, like, 40 try-outs for that, I met with the director and everything, and I really wanted to do it. ... I was so upset about it, but it won't stop me. Movies are a challenge for me, and I do like a challenge.”
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