“I have had to make decisions. ‘Why am I unhappy? Okay, Stefani, Gaga, hybrid-person. Why are you unhappy? Why is it that you wanted to quit music years ago?” 

“It feels shallow. I have a lot more to offer than my image,” she said.

“So what did I do? I started to say ‘no’,” she explained. “I’m not taking that picture. I’m not going to that event. I’m not standing by that because that’s not what I stand for.” 

“Slowly but surely, I remembered who I am,” she continued. “Then you go home and you look in the mirror and you’re like ‘Yes, I can go to bed with you every night. ‘Cause that person? I know that person. That person has balls. That person has integrity. That person just doesn’t say yes.'”