Billy Squier Quotes

I didn't have a particular persona. I'm not Alice Cooper, you know?

The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.

We all have split personalities; we all wear masks at some point in our careers.

I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up.

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it seems.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.

I'm not running for office. I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.

I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up on stage, 'Lorde' is a character.

Yeah, it's fun to be somebody you're not, to bring a character to life.