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Post by lamb81 on Oct 23, 2008 15:04:08 GMT -8
origingaly posted on the NDC by lamb83
Gavin recently gave an interview to justjared.com;since I know Gavin isn't a direct part of ND,I'll just post the parts having to do with Gwen and the babies-it's pretty cute. The rest of the interview is here:http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/10/22/gavin-rossdale-kingstons-a-bully/(I wish they hadn't phrased it that Kingston is a bully,sice that's not exactly what Gavin said,lol, but what are you gonna do.)
JJ: Halloween is coming up. Do you and Gwen have any Halloween plans yet?
GR: Yeah, her brother is having a party, so we’re going to that. I’m playing that night and then we’re gonna go off and I don’t know. She’s really good at that stuff. I’m English so we’re too uptight to be good at that stuff. I’d like dress as doctor and nurse but covered in blood. That’s great. So anything to do with blood would probably be good.
JJ: Are Kingston and Zuma going to be be dressing up?
GR: Yea, Kingston has like three outfits. He’s got a rhino, a tiger and I think an elephant, so he’s got to choose between them. We keep rotating them. He’s got style like his Mom.
JJ: Have Kingston and Zuma started fighting yet?
GR: It’s mainly a one-sided fight right now because Zuma’s pretty defenseless. But he’s not a small baby, so I think that Kingston’s got a couple years left and then he’s gonna get in trouble.
JJ: Do you and Gwen plan to start your own foundation to give back?
GR: Yeah, that would be good, wouldn’t it? We have talked about that. It’s kind of a leap of faith to have your own foundation because you gotta be super successful unless it’s a really small foundation. I did this event last week called The Lily Claire Foundation and I played the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I played like a few songs there and it’s such a good feeling when you do something like that that isn’t about you so. I’ll tell Gwen that you suggested it.
That would be awesome if they started a foundation-Gwen has always been so charitable.
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Post by lamb81 on Oct 23, 2008 22:36:33 GMT -8
but thought this quote from him on having a successful relationship was interesting:) ''I think the key to any successful relationship is to pay attention. I try to do that, I always make sure to pay attention and to feed energy into the relationship, looking for new things to appreciate with someone. That’s kind of why I named my song Love Remains the Same, because if you look back and you’re like, this person was a creep, you can’t actually feel bad about it, because at the time, your love was there. And if you just keep in mind that love is about what’s happening right now, not what did happen in the past or what might happen in the future, I think that’s really the key. Also, you can’t be so critical of someone that they get scared to be themselves, right? Like, if they read Perez Hilton and you don’t, you can still love them. '' I don't know if we're supposed to infer from that that Gwen reads Perez Hilton,lol-just kidding. Really sweet quote,anyway. thanks again lamb83
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Post by lamb83 on Oct 26, 2008 17:28:41 GMT -8
Gavin gave another interview recently,this time to People Magazine:
Kingston Rossdale is still adjusting to life as a big brother.
"It's like, here is this guy, and he's not leaving. [Kingston] is getting used to that," dad Gavin Rossdale tells PEOPLE about 2-month-old son Zuma with wife Gwen Stefani. "Obviously, there are moments that he's bugged out that someone is in his spot with his mom."
Rossdale, 40, joked, "His mom is great, so I agree with that. I just can't complain about it. I think it's just natural. That's what happens."
Of having a second child, Rossdale also kidded, "One is one, and two is 10. That's all I know." But seriously. "It's going really well. It's not so bad. We've got it down now, you know."
Rossdale spoke with PEOPLE at a VH-1 Save the Music Foundation benefit at Esquire magazine's Hollywood Hills House, where he performed a 25-minute acoustic set of songs. Wife Stefani, 39, did not attend.
A Save the Music representative, Rossdale is easing Kingston, 2, into the family musical tradition. "He's got good rhythm. So, I'm happy about that it. I don't push him beyond that. I let him enjoy it," said the rocker. "He listens to lots of music, he really enjoys it. He likes a good beat."
And in other family news, the boys are ready to go with their Halloween costumes: "One's an elephant, and one's a shark," said Rossdale. "Zuma's the shark."
It's really great of Gavin to share that-it's so cute that Zuma is dressing as a shark for Halloween.
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Post by lamb83 on Nov 8, 2008 23:40:05 GMT -8
Gwen Stefani seems to have been landed with changing the dirty nappies.
Since the singer gave birth to her and hubbie Gavin Rossdale’s second son Zuma in August, Gav’s confessed he’s tried his best to avoid any stink situations.
“I luck out. I kind of do the glide left but I am there if need be,” he said. He cheekily added: “I can do it… but if there are other people around that are better at it.”
The rocker was in Los Angeles to perform at the BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards, for a star-studded audience including the likes of Sean Penn, Tilda Swinton and Ben Affleck.
Gavin told reporters that being a father again is a joy.
“It feels very busy and exciting and selfless,” he said. According to the young dad, the couple’s older son Kingston just loves baby Zuma. “He’s brilliant, he wants to hang out with him a lot, but he’s a two-and-half-year-old though so his attention is fleeting,” he said.
Gavin Rossdale, there to perform two acoustic songs from his new solo album, said that, with the arrival of baby Zuma, parenting two sons is “a balancing act. But it’s nothing that hasn’t been done for thousands of years.” He and wife Gwen Stefani are not necessarily hoping for their sons to become musicians. “We’re careful to not over-want them to do something. That might be the surest way that they don’t do it. So I try to keep my demands to a minimum.” What were Rossdale’s own father’s wishes? “For me to stay out of jail,” he smiled. “So far, so good!”
Gavin Rossdale: Zuma is ’Very Buddha-like’
Gavin Rossdale’s son Zuma is only 2 months old, but he’s already exhibiting a Zen-like personality that inspires his father.
"He’s super mellow, and at the moment very Buddha-like, " Rossdale told PEOPLE at BAFTA/LA’s Brittania Awards, where he performed Thursday night.
Still, Rossdale says Zuma has been a little bit fussier for mom Gwen Stefani than his older brother Kingston, 2, who was an even more blissed-out baby. "Apparently Zuma’s more trouble, but I thought that he was perfect all the way."
Being a dad to the Buddha-esque babies has also had a spiritual effect on the former Bush frontman. "What I’ve found from having children is that they just want to make you be better, " said Rossdale. "Beforehand, without children, I think that I was probably more reckless and thinking a bit less about the consequences, and now I want to make sure I’m good for them when they check me out."
Rossdale’s enjoying a career comeback with his first official solo album Wanderlust and the hit single "Love Remains the Same."
Still, that success comes at a price. Being away from his kids leaves him "feeling a bit bad. Like, I left my son. He was on holiday and I left the older one to come here. So I feel bad leaving them."
"I haven’t really written any songs about [my sons], " he says. But Rossdale is happy that fans are responding to his softer sound. "It’s just meant a lot, really, because of your faith. You keep making records and people hear them. I love singing and making music and so I’m into the success."
Performing at the Brit-centric BAFTA/LA event returned the London-born singer to his roots, something he maintains at home. "At my house?" he says. "Yes, for sure. English roasts. Good tea. What else do I bring? Irony. A lot of irony. A very dry, caustic humor. You might not get it, but just as you think you haven’t got it, it turns around and whips you."
The one purely American thing he can’t do without? Grinning, he says, "My wife."
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