Gloria Gaynor Quotes

Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.

I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.

There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

This microphone is the key to the universe. When you have this in your hands, you are the most powerful person in the whole world, let's get!.

On stage is the only place where I really know what I'm doing.

When I'm on stage I feel at home

I feel like I own the stage.

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

There is nothing like going on a stage. You are in the saddle, and you've got to ride that horse, and there's nothing more thrilling and exhilarating.

I do belong on stage.

I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are.

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.

I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

There is nothing like being on stage.

In front of a big group of people, in front of cameras, to be in my body and be in that moment, I feel the way that I've always wanted to feel - like a real pop star who is not holding anything back.

Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

I feel sexy when I'm doing what I love - like when I'm singing or performing or something - that's when I feel the most in control and in my element.

When you come out of your comfort zone, you can express yourself in front of the whole world, and there was no better stage to express yourself as a batsman and as a leader than IPL.

I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.