Gloria Gaynor Quotes
That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.
Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.
The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.
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.
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.
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.
People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!
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.
Yes, too much emphasis is put on outward physical attributes in every area of American life.
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 agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character.
Only if I could be known for being one of the world's greatest and most sincere Christian Evangelists.
The respect that you should have for one another-I never knew any of that. So I suffered.
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.
None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.
That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
God was in control, and I was just pliable enough to say yes to wherever He would lead.
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.
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 written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.
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.
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!
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.
My audience is often hands-up, standing and cheering and on tables and all of that kind of things.
Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.