Gloria Gaynor Quotes

I have been nervous before, but I have never had stage fright.

None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.

I think I sound like Barry White.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I have never been a different person onstage than I am off.

So you're back from outer space.

Well, for street clothes, a lot of what I wear is Jones New York. I am well-endowed in the derriere, and they can handle that.

Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give

I will survive. As long as I know how to love, I know I'll be alive.

All through my young life I wanted to sing, although nobody in my family knew it.

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

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

First I have a collection of all of the albums I've ever done, on vax.

My look is always glitzy for New Year's Eve, even if I am at home.

I study the Bible and spend time on the Internet.

I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ.

God was in control, and I was just pliable enough to say yes to wherever He would lead.

Yes, too much emphasis is put on outward physical attributes in every area of American life.

I agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.

Only if I could be known for being one of the world's greatest and most sincere Christian Evangelists.

A chic guy is in a suit. I don't care what kind of tie they wear. I don't care if they even wear a tie, as long as they can carry a suit.

Experimenting with drugs, drinking, doing this just enough to be accepted as one of the crowd, but I hated drugs, and I hated the taste of alcohol!

Actually I'm more passionate about dancing than I am about singing.

The respect that you should have for one another-I never knew any of that. So I suffered.

I had a fear of being alone.

I still love a variety of kinds of music.

Music is my life. The only other thing I've done is office work in different places. But no real professional career other than singing.