Top 100 Diva Quotes
#1. I'm a chanteuse and a diva, and I'm an actress who likes a script.
Jane Badler
#2. If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
Chaka Khan
#3. What a diva!"
"Stupid, men can't be divas ... "
"Divo, then."
"That just sounds weird. Call him a jerk and be done with it.
Lisa Mantchev
#4. People who call themselves divas ... you are not a diva. I'm pretty sure you're a cunt.
Sarah Silverman
#6. I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
Natasha Bedingfield
#7. Every hunchback has his gypsy, each phantom his diva, and flames of passion consume witches and martyrs alike. For any lonely monster, tradition demands that one sacrificial soul seek immolation.
Ashe to ashes.
It remains the ultimate, transformative act of love.
Robert Dunbar
#8. I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences.
Deborah Cox
#9. I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. It's not the diva speaking. It's the artist who knows how it has to be done.
Anna Netrebko
#11. By the time I was five, I was a little diva.
Stevie Nicks
#13. I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.
David Byrne
#14. 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.
Jordana Brewster
#16. I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
Xavier Dolan
#17. Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
Aretha Franklin
#18. A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.
Patti LaBelle
#19. I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.
Toni Braxton
#20. I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.
Jessie Mueller
#21. I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.
Amy Adams
#23. 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.
Ann Wilson
#24. Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.
Julia Barr
#25. An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.
John Lone
#26. I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun.
Monica Bellucci
#28. When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really famous actors is that they work really hard.
Hayley Atwell
#29. Lady Gaga not a diva, and she's not crazy. She's just an incredibly nice, down-to-earth person who really cares about art and creativity. It's pretty amazing to be able to work with her. I'm pretty grateful for that.
Evan Peters
#30. So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.
Patti LaBelle
#31. I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.
Katherine Jenkins
#32. I was a diva for thinking that my life would dramatically change when I came out of the gigantic closet-o-porn.
Iris Blaire
#33. I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word 'diva' and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn't afraid to show it.
Nick Cannon
#34. Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.
Jimmy Santiago Baca
#35. There is a certain amount which I shan't mention publicly," Elizabeth said. "Things about Lucia which I should never dream of stating openly."
"Those are just the ones I should like to hear about most," said Diva. "Just a few little titbits.
E.F. Benson
#37. I think diva is an inevitable outcome of the industry, and I don't think it reflects on the person at all. You take a normal human being, and basically, for 24 hours, seven days a week, apart from sleeping, you introduce them to places and things almost every minute that are brand new.
Chet Faker
#38. I'm the most un-diva-ish person you'll meet. I'm never rude to people and I am always on time.
Jessie J.
#39. All of a sudden, I was hearing stories about how difficult I was to work with, ridiculous rumors about drugs and what a diva I was. I never had to go to rehab or a program.
Irene Cara
#40. I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.
Kobe Bryant
#41. Living in a world of darkness doesn't mean we must surrender, but to survive, we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within.
Skye High
#42. We're sistas. We treat each other like sistas. That's the blessin'. That's the problem. We come together cause we're both bein' fucked over by the same people. We get close. And then we fall in love with each other cause us third world diva gals are beautiful and blessed like none other.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
#43. I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.
Jennifer Lopez
#45. I'm pretty straightforward as a performer, but I do have a bit of a diva in me.
Corin Tucker
#46. If you're looking for someone who can beat the RAW divas, perhaps you should choose someone who's beaten every diva on RAW.
Mickie James
#47. 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.
Glenn Close
#48. 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.
Crystal Waters
#49. A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.
Beyonce Knowles
#50. If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off ... She'll cut me down to size!
Katherine Jenkins
#51. Oh, boy. Why did I have a feeling I'd just aligned myself with Tweedle Diva and Tweedle Devious?
Gemma Halliday
#52. I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.
Dolly Parton
#53. Showing that you can be sexy, strong and independent is the best thing about being a Diva. It's a great inspiration for other people.
Torrie Wilson
#54. I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.
Robin Wright
#55. So I told him his bread was ugly, and he called me a dough diva. A dough diva. Of all the nerve! We're going out on Saturday.
Sarah Addison Allen
#56. Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for it, then so what.
Jessie J.
#57. Hello?" Isabelle called from the other side. "Simon, is your diva moment over? I need to talk to Jace.
Cassandra Clare
#58. My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'
Rebel Wilson
#59. As a young actor, it's important to see how the greatest in the industry work ... diva behavior is never it.
Sean Maguire
#60. I'm a mezzo-soprano, so the whole diva thing ... I'm not the kind of performer who puts on a persona off-stage as well, and the days of arriving with steamer trunks and hat boxes are over.
Joyce DiDonato
#61. I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.
Philip Treacy
#62. I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.
Amanda Seyfried
#63. I go home and don't get treated any differently. People have known me all my life and are interested and very supportive but because they have known me forever I don't get any diva treatment. My mum still tells me off if I haven't loaded the dishwasher for her.
Katherine Jenkins
#64. It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
Diana Ross
#65. I want to be a diva ... like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-diet-Coke-around.
Jessica Simpson
#66. Performers had to be transparent. Diva behavior was rendered difficult or impractical - the physical situation would have made it look silly. The performers were obliged to interact and mingle with their audience.
David Byrne
#67. Alliteration is not a prostitute to be sold to every sailor who visits the port. This fine lady is a valuable literary diva one should ask to sing her aria only for special occasions.
Dennis Vickers
#68. I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.
Lucy Liu
#69. Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
Calista Flockhart
#70. I'm not a diva. I know what I like and I know what I want.
Britney Spears
#71. I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!
Alison Moyet
#72. What I love about Coulson is that he manages to do that and he manages to wrangle the diva superheroes, and really keep a sense of humor about it. And, you can tell that he really loves his job.
Clark Gregg
#73. I feel like I'm super hero diva and my power is glitter.
Jujubee
#74. If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.
Joan Sutherland
#75. There's so many misconceptions about me and my personality. People think I'm not a nice person, you know, or maybe a diva; not just about me, but the misconceptions of other models as well, or supermodels.
Jessica White
#76. Well, I don't think of myself as a diva. I'm too dorky! Look at my shoes. (Points to the aforementioned sneakers.) I always look like this. I don't always want to be "working."
Tyra Banks
#78. FORTY-SEVEN We found Diva in a shriek of Divas, in the lobby of the President hotel. The three of them stopped, staring at us with well-practised aghast. Didier was in a rumpled, white linen jacket and
Gregory David Roberts
#79. It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home.
Heidi Klum
#80. 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.
Carol Alt
#81. I tend to hide behind my status of being a diva; it's easy for me to embrace that part of me and seek confidence by being a bit outrageous at times.
Alex Newell
#82. You wouldn't shut up about how brain-damaged that 'little Rusky diva-bitch' was and how he needed to just 'get over his sorry self and give our poor cop a blow job and live happily ever after' - you remember that?
Amy Lane
#83. I think about my life and what's important to me sometimes. Working for WWE and being a Diva has really been the only thing that's made me feel great about myself.
Natalya
#84. I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.
Courtney Love
#85. I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you're pretending to be.
Heidi Montag
#86. I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of performance and owning a song but I've never behaved like one in terms of the negative connotations of the word.
Nicole Scherzinger
#87. The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.
Patti LuPone
#89. There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva
Josh Groban
#90. I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
Tanit Phoenix
#91. Every little bit of stress you eliminate contributes to a more productive day. That's not being a diva; it's placing yourself in a situation that allows you to be in optimal form.
Lilly Singh
#92. I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.
Shirley Bassey
#93. 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.
Jenifer Lewis
#94. I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is.
Mariah Carey
#95. It's not a responsibility to be a fashion diva. I enjoy it and also enjoy getting up in morning and putting on make-up, getting ready. I don't think there is any girl who doesn't like to look good and wear good clothes.
Sonam Kapoor
#96. Look out, world...this diva is about to break out!
Jamie Collins
#97. Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.
Jerry Leiber
#98. Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva.'
Jennifer Hudson
#99. A diva is someone who pretends to know who she is and looks fabulous doing it.
Jenifer Lewis
#100. Where was my inner plucky heroine? Probably having cupcakes with my inner child and my inner diva. I had a feeling they did that a lot.
Elizabeth A. Reeves
