Gavin Rossdale: Zuma is Very Buddha-like

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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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He’s married to Gwen Stefani and has a solo album out – and baby No. 2 on the way – but none of that is going to Gavin Rossdale’s head.

“You have to relinquish all self-importance,” the British rocker, 42, tells PEOPLE of life as a dad. “It’s not a bad thing. You don’t have time to think about yourself. I used to wallow in introspection. I don’t have time to be that guy now.”

And it’s not likely he will have extra time soon. The father to Kingston, who recently turned 2, is kicking off a solo career with this month’s release of Wanderlust, and Rossdale’s wife of six years, Stefani, 38, is expecting the couple’s second child this summer.

Before becoming a dad, “I’d been around babies 12 minutes my entire life. I didn’t read any books. And we had friends of ours who were like, ‘You guys re crazy, you’ve got to read books.’”

But, says Rossdale, “It’s so natural you just fall into it and you find your way. It’s terrifying and exciting and brilliant.”

For more on Rossdale – including getting son Kingston ready for a sibling and balancing parenting with touring – pick up this week’s PEOPLE.

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Gavin Rossdale on Fatherhood: It’s Terrifying and Brilliant - WANDERLUST, Gavin Rossdale : People.com
He’s married to Gwen Stefani and has a solo album out – and baby No. 2 on the way – but none of that is going to Gavin Rossdale’s head.

“You have to relinquish all self-importance,” the British rocker, 42, tells PEOPLE of life as a dad. “It’s not a bad thing. You don’t have time to think about yourself. I used to wallow in introspection. I don’t have time to be that guy now.”

And it’s not likely he will have extra time soon. The father to Kingston, who recently turned 2, is kicking off a solo career with this month’s release of Wanderlust, and Rossdale’s wife of six years, Stefani, 38, is expecting the couple’s second child this summer.

Before becoming a dad, “I’d been around babies 12 minutes my entire life. I didn’t read any books. And we had friends of ours who were like, ‘You guys re crazy, you’ve got to read books.’”

But, says Rossdale, “It’s so natural you just fall into it and you find your way. It’s terrifying and exciting and brilliant.”

For more on Rossdale – including getting son Kingston ready for a sibling and balancing parenting with touring – pick up this week’s PEOPLE.

Couples Flock to Kanyes Concert

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Also in the house? A very pregnant Gwen Stefani, who sat on a couch in the VIP area while her husband, Gavin Rossdale, mingled with the rest of her No Doubt bandmates.