Diva Quotes

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the '70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

A diva is someone who pretends to know who she is and looks fabulous doing it.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

I don't do like diva trips and stuff.

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.

Diva has a negative connotation.

I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home.

I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.

I didn't think there was life after modelling, believe me. It's a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on the set any more. But I think what keeps me going are challenges. I love when people tell me I can't do something.

I'm such a diva on set.

I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.

The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.

I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences.

Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind.

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.