Corin Tucker Quotes

I don't want to be difficult personally. On stage is the right place for a diva.

Anyone can become a game show host. It simply requires a giant, narcissistic ego and an inability to do anything else. The closest thing to school I did was looking in the mirror one hundred times a day and repeating, 'People should listen to you talk.'

I don't have any rock star demeanor to me. I just can't pull that off.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

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

ʺWe need someone to get the roomʹs attention,ʺ I said. ʺSomeone not afraid to make a spectacle—I mean, besides me, of course.ʺ

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

I feel like I own the stage.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

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 don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances.

I guess I'm a born ham.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.

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

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 pretty much give both barrels every time I walk on stage.

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've never been uncomfortable being a frontman.

I don't mind being a bit of a showman.