Performance Identity Quotes

I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.

That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex.

When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.

When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.

I'm a little Jewish girl from Long Island, but when I listened to Tina Turner, I pictured myself in a mini-dress, dancing like Tina Turner. It's inevitable.

If you're a comedian, it's a bit of a choice whether or not you want to be funny when you're not performing because it might feel disingenuous. In the same way, I don't show people magic tricks in social situations any more.

I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.

On stage, I'm me. I'm a husband, I'm a dad, I'm a guy, I'm a mess - but I am a cohesive thing that you recognize as one human entity saying these things that he generally believes.

I wanted to go on a project which shows the mixture of Chae rin and CL, not just CL on stage or in a music video.

This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not performing.

No matter what you're doing, whether it's a makeup tutorial or an interview or a lip sync, performance is the essence of drag. It is gender performance. Being able to produce a performance is what a superstar has to do.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

WWE, I'm just full-on Paige, my in-ring character. 'Total Divas' is where I can completely be myself and be my lunatic, weird person.

A lot of people don't know who they are as a wrestler. Even people that walk into the doors of the Performance Center. They might be world-class athletes or models, but they don't know who they are in the ring.

Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background.

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am.

I've never done drag, but I'd love to try it.

My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up on stage, 'Lorde' is a character.

When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.

I am all athlete, and that's important, that my looks have nothing to do with what I do in the WWE.

I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.