Famous Quotes of R&B singer, songwriter and Actress - Beyonce Knowles
I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.
- Beyonce Knowles
I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.
- Beyonce Knowles
The more successful I become, the more I need a man.
- Beyonce Knowles
You know what, I'm very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I'm just a sucker for somebody that is charming.
- Beyonce Knowles
The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.
- Beyonce Knowles
I think I am past needing celebrity. I don't want to feel the void I see in a lot of celebrities - the unhappiness underneath the smile. Don't you think it's scary that you rarely meet celebrities who are normal? I do normal things, walk in the park. I don't want to be off on my own diva planet. I want to be on Earth. I want to be normal.
- Beyonce Knowles
I decided when I was really young I wouldn't talk about my private life. I think Star Search did it for me. I told everyone that I was on there and we lost. It was the most embarrassing thing in my life. So from that point on, I didn't even tell anyone at school that I had a record deal. Just all of a sudden, one day I was out of school and on their television. And I know they were like, 'Oh my gosh, she sat behind me in algebra.'
- Beyonce Knowles
At the Billboard Awards my skirt was so tight they had to lift me on stage.
- Beyonce Knowles
Yeah, I hated my name. I just wanted to blend in. I kept asking, ‘Mama, why is my name Beyoncé?’ I used to think it was made up, but it was actually her maiden name.
- Beyonce Knowles
People look at us head to toe, judge us and think we're not human. We are. Nobody's a celebrity but God.
- Beyonce Knowles
It doesn't annoy me, no, because I respect J-Lo. I like her, I think she's great. And I know that I'm over a decade younger than her, it's so flattering that I'm so young and people are comparing me to someone who has accomplished so much. But I don't think I'm like anyone else and really, I'd rather not be compared to anyone else.
- Beyonce Knowles