Music has ever been a saccharine flight for Gwen Stefani.
 
The singer—who was honored astatine the New York Women successful Communications 52nd Annual Matrix Awards connected Oct. 26—reflected connected increasing up with dyslexia, noting however overmuch things changed for her erstwhile she started communicating done music.
 
"It's thing that I ne'er expected—that I would beryllium a communicator," Gwen exclusively told E! News astatine the NYC event. "And present erstwhile I look backmost astatine it, it's similar that's what I was. I conscionable was virtually channeling my communicative done music, and what I deliberation I loved astir the euphony was determination were nary rules. I grew up dyslexic. I didn't recognize it—in presumption of wherefore it was truthful hard for me."
 
That realization made each the quality increasing up. "I conscionable I felt similar I didn't truly acceptable successful erstwhile everyone other was understanding," the Voice manager continued. "I was like, ‘What is going on? I'm drowning.' But past erstwhile I recovered music, it was similar I was capable to pass with precise fewer words."

"Just being honorable and being who I was," she added, "somehow translated to like, immoderate benignant of cosmopolitan heartbreak happening that everyone has."

And arsenic the Grammy victor explained, that cosmopolitan quality served arsenic the gathering blocks for her future. "I was conscionable ever like, ‘What americium I going to be? What americium I going to do?'" she shared. "Like, my dreams were conscionable truthful small. And past present we are. No 1 volition judge it!"