Top 60 Erika Jayne Quotes

If I’m on the plane, I insist on being comfortable. I don’t believe in getting dressed up to fly. There’s no reason for that, especially when it’s 16 hours to fly internationally.

Who knows what happens with ‘Housewives?’ I will say this, what a great opportunity to have been on the show, and the doors that it’s opened for me, and I have nothing but great things to say about the show.

There was this moment in my father’s house where he said, ‘My wife, she never had any kids and I never had any kids.’ Yeah… He had never acknowledged my existence.

I like to describe my style as S&M chic with a little hood-rat appeal.

You know, I entertain whether I’m on ‘Housewives,’ or whether I’m on ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ or whether I’m on ‘Young and the Restless.’

Listen, I’m rebellious. Okay? I always have been.

My mother was a makeup artist for Estee Lauder and she taught me.

I’ve grown up disciplined all my life as a dancer, so I know how to eat and work out.

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and I honestly started performing for my family when I was around three. I would jump up on the coffee table and I would get in the closet and ask that they introduce me to come out, and from that point on, my mother stuck me in dance class and children’s theater.

I was fortunate enough to go to an art school where we had a lot of different ethnicities represented.

I think art and dance is something everyone can relate to.

There is a certain amount of conflict that comes with being a ‘Housewife.’ It is not a comfortable position. If you are comfortable, you aren’t doing your job.

I grew up a Madonna fan, still am a Madonna fan, and will die a Madonna fan.

I’m a very guarded person, very controlled person.

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one’s gonna like what you do 100 percent of the time.

I think anything you take on you should want to be the best.

White diamonds can get boring, so I love a colored stone.

I’ve become rather desensitized to how much sexy I put out.

You create real friendships through a growth process. It’s not just, oh hi, we’re friends! That’s very childlike. True adult friendships take time, understanding, and it’s a plant that needs to be watered and tended to so that it blossoms.

I don’t think my father wanted to be a dad.

It’s fun to have an over-the-top stage personality.

I was a starving artist.

I have a really great bathtub, and I unwind by taking baths.

I think my mother and grandmother had style even though we’re humble Southern people.

Craft and art and discipline in what you do will make you happy.

If you want to look good it’s hair, it’s makeup, it’s wardrobe, and then those people that help facilitate that. They’re not cheap.

I like a neckline to be either high or low; the middle just doesn’t work for me.

There are two different sides of my personality, much like everyone has two different sides of their personality. I mean, it’s a profession… It’s something that I do. And I’m not Erika Jayne 24 hours a day.

Before I was cast on ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ I had secretly quit Erika Jayne altogether.

I don’t have a makeup bag, I have a makeup artist!

I like to slip out in the middle of the night and take my Lamborghini and drive it really fast on the highway.

I’m a big dreamer.

I lived Tom Girardi’s legal life with him first 10 years of our relationship. I went to every legal organization, every event – all of those groups he belonged to and those speeches he gave.

As an artist you always want to evolve and you always want to grow.

It’s all too easy to say, ‘You didn’t have a dad, therefore, you married an older man.’ Listen, I didn’t marry my dad. My dad is much younger than my husband.

After dinner, there is no eating until the morning. My mom was really big on that.

I tend to look at the silver lining of things.

I’m a big sports fan and go to games.

Being able to express yourself under the name Erika Jayne and saying things people want to say but wouldn’t, or doing things that people want to do but don’t, or taking that extra leap of faith or pushing the levels of sexuality, or whatever, that helps Erika Girardi stand on her own two feet and be calm and peaceful.

I would have never thought to write a memoir, but I’m glad I did it.

As you begin to develop real relationships and bonds it gets harder because sometimes you say things to people and hurt their feelings and you really care about them.

My ultimate goal was to make the music that I wanted to make, and give shows. I was never going to get a major label deal – I never wanted a major label deal – so I was really free to express myself.

I’ve known my son was going to be in law enforcement from the time he could walk and talk. That’s all he’s ever wanted and that’s kind of your role as parent is to honor who your children really are.

Both my husband and I come from very modest backgrounds. He’s obviously done very well, and I’ve worked hard all my life and done well, too.

When I say there’s a little bit of Erika Jayne in everybody, what I mean by that is: No one is one way all the time. No one is buttoned up all the time and no one is wild all the time. There are different parts to your personality, different layers – and that’s really what Erika Jayne is, another layer to a human being.

When I do my makeup, it doesn’t look professional.

As human begins, we all have layers to ourselves, you know?

‘Housewives’ has shone a light on women of middle age, that you’re not out of the game, you’re not old, you’re not put out to pasture… You’re lively, you’re doing things, you’re aggressive, you’re making money, you’re recreating yourself.

I made dance records and the gay community gravitated toward them. They gave me a place to really shine, a place to develop, and a place to spread my wings – I’ll forever be grateful for that.

I go to a dermatologist, so I’m under that kind of care because you really can’t get this skin without a professional – that’s the truth.

‘Chicago’ has got such great women characters. It runs off two women, so what could be better than that?

I’m a showman. I believe that you’re a character every time you put on clothes.

I make music that speaks to me.

Erika Girardi likes her hair straight with a lot of product, just a really good blow-dry. Erika Jayne likes her hair ropey with a lot of product, really rock star and wild.

The most surprising thing I discovered was how rich of a life I’ve led. It’s easy to forget all the things we experience throughout our human journey.

If you have long hair that gets styled all the time, or if you’re dancing and working out, dry shampoo is essential because you don’t want to wash your hair every day.

I had everything that you want. Every material object. Everything. But inside my core I still wasn’t satisfied.

My mother was very hard on me when I was a child. I think she was raising me how the world was treating her.

I don’t think anyone should tap you on the shoulder and tell you that it’s time to sit down and retire.

I lived in New York from 1989 to 1996, and I feel like I just got used to carrying everything around.