Gwen Stefani feels conflicted about her desire to make music.
Gwen Stefani is keen to keep making music
The 54-year-old singer loves the challenge of making new music - but she's also conscious of her responsibilities as a parent.
The 'Hollaback Girl' hitmaker - who has Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, ten, with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale - told NYLON magazine: "I almost feel guilty about it, or like I have to justify it or feel bad that I’m doing it.
"Like, ‘You should just get on with your life.’ But I really still want to do it!
"I want to live my purpose. I don’t want to be greedy. I want to contribute still. I don’t know."
Despite this, Gwen is certain that music is her professional purpose in life and she feels determined to pursue her ambitions.
The singer - who is married to country music star Blake Shelton - said: "I just know that I was chosen. And it took me a long time to say that, and it still makes me cringe a little bit, because it sounds conceited. I really struggled hard at certain things. But I can do this one thing."
Gwen has tried to adopt a modern approach to making records - but she admits that it doesn't work for her.
The chart-topping star - who shot to fame as the lead singer of No Doubt - shared: "A lot of the pop writers that I’d worked with started getting really different from the way I write. I was like, ‘Why are you counting syllables?’ Or they were trying so hard to go for a hit, where I’m like: ‘I’m not chasing that.’ A hit is the greatest thing in the world, but it has to be from nowhere."
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