Stevie Nicks Quotes

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.

I guess I'm a born ham.

There's always a temptation to get in front of the camera. It's part of my personality.

An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

I think that I always loved being the centre of attention!

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

Everyone has attitude, and I think everyone should have attitude. But I know I have attitude, but that's just, I think if you don't have attitude, it comes only with self confidence. So if you don't have self confidence, you won't have attitude, and I think there's a difference when you have attitude and when you have arrogance.

As a little girl, I was athletic: 'Oh, mom, look at me. I can do cartwheels.' I was one of those annoying kids. I craved the spotlight. I had the feeling since I was little that the stage was my home.

Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.

To be an entertainer, you gotta be a little gutsy, a little egotistical, so you have to pull back sometimes when people say, 'Well, he's stuck-up.' 'Stuck-up' is only another word for self-conscious.

I've been parading around, leading people, being loud, since forever.

I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.

The mind starts to do things that you didn't even realize it could do. I suppose it's the manipulation. I suppose it's the sense of power, the center of attention, and the me-ism. And performers have to have that.

I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality.

I do think there is a bit of Liberace in me.

My personality is humongous.

You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.