Gloria Gaynor Quotes

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

I've realized that I can do performances.

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

But it's all about confidence and allowing yourself to put your personality into it. I really am the worst singer on the planet; I make people cry and vomit when I sing.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I can't sing, so... I don't know if I will be doing any musicals.

I am the kind of person that wants to get up in front of crowds of strangers and perform monologues. To each their own.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

I'm a terrible singer, but I'm not shy about it. I'm shy about dancing.

I've never really thought of myself as a singer.

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

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.

On stage, you have to have incredible confidence, or you would stop doing it. But I don't think I will ever get to the point where I go, 'I know exactly what I am doing,' and I don't think I want to.

I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.

I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.

I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.

I'm really at ease in being me and going all around the world playing music. But I do get a lift once we start. I'm humming stuff in the dressing room and smiling, looking at myself and making sure I don't have nose hair! But once I get really close to the stage, and the guys are doing the intro thing, I do get a pick-me-up.