Jordin Sparks Quotes

An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

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

I'm a chanteuse and a diva, and I'm an actress who likes a script.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

When I'm on, people watch; people pay attention.

Growing up, I was so inspired by front men like Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Kurt Cobain - real showmen that put on 'a performance' every time they walk out on stage - so it's important for me to feel like I deliver that.

As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show.

If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.

Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.

There are lots of reasons people come to Beyonce shows. There's the music, her dancing; all in all a bedazzling show. She's a great performer and singer.

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

You move differently than you do when you're filling the stage at Radio City. You have to be bigger than life there.

Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva.'

I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.

Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.

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

With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I noticed some of the tunes weren't all that brilliant, but it was the performance that sold them.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.

I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

I'm pretty straightforward as a performer, but I do have a bit of a diva in me.

Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.