Grace Jones Quotes

Superwoman is more of a performer, which Lilly isn't. Having said that, I guess both of them are completely over the top, dramatic and full of energy.

Anything I do is as theatrical as I can get it.

To me, diva means an extraordinary, outrageously theatrical, brilliant performer.

An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.

That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

For John Wilkes Booth, sweeping, grand gestures were a way of life. It was how he navigated his way through this world. The bigger and bolder, the better.

No other entertainer in the world ever took the risks that Liberace took.

I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.

By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.

Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.

Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures. It is not inhibited by flourish. It is a rhetorical society. It is a society of physical performance. It is a society of style.

Shangela and I are both the type of queens who will taffy-pull 15 minutes of fame into something solid.

I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden!

Somebody like Bowie was so interesting because when you got him off stage, he was like a businessman. But on stage, he was just dazzling. It was like watching butterflies grow.

I am a teller of stories. A weaver of dreams. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather I can stand on my head. I know 7 words of Latin, I have a little magic... and a trick or two. I know the proper way to meet a dragon, I can fight dirty but not fair. I once swallowed thirty oysters in a minute. I am not domestic, I am a luxury and, in that sense, necessary.

When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.

People like a bit of color and like a bit of pomp and circumstance and ceremony, and we’re rather better at it than most countries.

Anyone can learn a trick, but to make it entertaining, to put a presentation twist on it, and then to take it out there and really amaze people is a whole different ball game. You have to have some kind of a natural ability to do that, I suppose.

Actors are divas, and we all make too much noise and complain too much, so if you don't do that, it makes you rather exceptional, apparently.

I like to be flamboyant, play characters, wear make-up, play dress up. I was doing that since I was a kid.