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Parenting & Family Quote by Gwen Stefani

"I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone"

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Gwen Stefani’s line is a pop star’s confession dressed up as a daydream: the high of the moment is so intense it already comes with a hangover. She’s not romanticizing motherhood as a halo; she’s naming it as an antidote to the particular kind of vertigo that fame produces. “The amazing time I’m having right now” is a spotlight phrase, blunt and glittery, and it’s immediately shadowed by the fear of its disappearance. That’s the engine of the quote: pleasure that can’t be enjoyed cleanly because it’s haunted by an expiry date.

The smart move is how she frames children less as a lifestyle milestone and more as a corrective force. “Save me from my vanity” admits a self-awareness that’s rare in celebrity soundbites: vanity isn’t just liking attention, it’s being trapped in the mirror of your own image, constantly managing the brand-version of yourself. Kids, in her imagination, puncture that. They pull you out of performance and into obligation, out of aesthetic control and into mess.

Calling them “my passion” also reveals a desire to reroute intensity. Pop stardom runs on passion as spectacle: tours, cameras, the churn of relevance. She’s looking for an intensity that can’t be charted or canceled, something that fills the gaps where anxiety lives. The subtext is both vulnerable and strategic: motherhood as emotional ballast, yes, but also as a way to build a life narrative that doesn’t depend on staying hot, current, or adored.

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Stefani, Gwen. (n.d.). I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-imagine-my-children-are-going-to-save-me-from-156677/

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Stefani, Gwen. "I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-imagine-my-children-are-going-to-save-me-from-156677/.

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"I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-imagine-my-children-are-going-to-save-me-from-156677/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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Gwen Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is a Musician from USA.

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