Gloria Gaynor Quotes

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

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.

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

I still love a variety of kinds of music.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong.

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

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.

I have a European Fanclub that's based in Holland, and I had to have that President of the Fanclub to get me a number of recordings that I hadn't had the foresight to collect myself.

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

I loved the fact that I could get on stage and be in control.

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.

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

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

I've written about one song on several different albums.

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

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.

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

My grandmother went to church, but my mother had been inundated with church and decided that when she had children, she would not push church or God on her children.

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

Go on, now, go. Walk out the door. Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore. Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with 'goodbye?' Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? I will survive.

Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.

The better your audience, the more energy you have, and the more energy you have, the better show you do. The better show you do, the more they love it, and the more energy they give back to you.

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

I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive.

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

Well, I think it's era that in which people had a lot of fun. In fact too much fun and would not concern themselves with the negative effects of the accesses that they were involved in.

Even as a very small child I used to talk to God.

Christ does not fulfill the human element, but he certainly fulfills every other need in your life. As far as I'm concerned, there's no better love affair.

I had a fear of being alone.

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

I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.

My audience is often hands-up, standing and cheering and on tables and all of that kind of things.

I think I sound like Barry White.

Personally I prefer Gospel music.

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

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.

I have been to more than 80 countries, and there is not one-not one-that I didn't have women coming up to me sharing stories of overcoming major abuse, a bad marriage turning good, etc.

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

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

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.

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.

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

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

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