LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- If a kewpie doll sang in a band and had two kids, she'd be Gwen Stefani.



Gwen Stefani was ready to get back with No Doubt after two solo albums and an active home life.



The pop star and style icon turns 40 this fall, but she still uses words like "you know" and "like" at least five times a minute. That's part of Stefani's charm, and her carefree teenybopper mentality is one of the many reasons fans are excited about her first tour with No Doubt in half a decade.



It's been 14 years since the quartet busted out of Orange County, California, with its signature sound of sunny, ska-influenced pop. In 2004, No Doubt went on hiatus as Stefani launched the first of two successful solo albums. In the meantime, drummer Adrian Young and guitarist Tom Dumont worked on side projects and watched their families grow. Stefani and her husband -- former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale -- welcomed two sons, while bassist Tony Kanal is the only member to remain single and child-free.



No Doubt is currently in the midst of a 53-date North American tour, for which they've dusted off such classic hits as "Just a Girl," "Spiderwebs" and "Bathwater." Each member now travels in their own individual tour bus -- a must for an entourage that includes kids, toys and nannies.  Watch No Doubt in concert, at rest »



CNN: You'd hear rumors every once in a while that you guys were breaking up, or had broken up. Were those annoying, or did you kind of roll your eyes and say, "That's part of the game?"



Adrian Young: I think we expected it. And there might even be some people that will think that we broke up, and that this is a reunion tour -- and it's just not the truth. We went 17 straight years without stopping, and we started having families, and we were burnt and we needed to do our own thing for a while.



CNN: What was it like to get all four of you together in a room again?



Tom Dumont: It's kind of like an old glove. It just fits.



Young: Like an O.J. glove?



Dumont: No, no, no. I know it's a weird analogy, but in the sense of -- you know, it fits.



Tony Kanal: You know when somebody says "glove" now, you immediately think of O.J.



Young: "If it fits, you must acquit." That's our band motto now.



Dumont: We're not going to quit. We're just great old friends. It's almost like we're brothers and sister, and it's great to be having fun together again.



Young: I feel more like we're married.



CNN: I hear it's a little bit different this time. Instead of sharing a tour bus, you'll each have your own individual buses.



Kanal: This will be our first time on separate buses, only out of necessity. Everyone's bringing their family.



CNN: Are you just trying to get away from the kids, is that what you're saying, Tony?!



Kanal: No, no, no! I would love to be on the bus with them.



Gwen Stefani: Tony's going to be making kids on his bus.



Kanal: Yeah, maybe my girlfriend and I will be in the process of starting our family.



Stefani, Young and CNN (in unison): Really?!



Kanal (ignoring everybody's reaction): But by default, I'm putting a studio on my bus. Because I don't have a crib on my bus -- they have cribs on their buses -- I'm putting a studio on my bus so we can keep writing if the inspiration comes, and we feel like doing it.



Stefani: We're just putting the studio out there so we can pretend we might go out there
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