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“One of my first jobs at eighteen was singing with a group called The Flirts when one of their members was on a leave of absence. They had a hit with the song "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" and there was always a three-girl lineup, but it changed a bit. I filled in to record a couple of tracks with them.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 110
Pretty Mess book (2018)

“So is this the girl, you want me to be
I surrender myself, I'll never be free
One step from the edge, is all that I'll be
Waiting for you
Like a painkiller”

Erika Jayne

"Painkillr"
Song lyrics, Other songs

“When he left, he cleaned out their checking account and left Renee with nothing. The next month, Renee didn't have enough money to pay the mortgage, keep the lights on, pay for her car, and buy Christmas presents.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 48
Pretty Mess book (2018)

“I was living Tom’s life. There are only so many material things you can have before it becomes boring. There are only so many dinners, so many things you can buy. I was complacent. I was in a wealthy coma and I wasn’t looking inward.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5500765/Erika-Girardi-details-difficult-upbringing-successful-career.html (2018)

“Everyone wants to meet Superman but nobody wants to meet Clark Kent.”

Erika Jayne

TedxPasadena speech (2018)

“I felt like I was just not being myself. I felt like I was hiding. I was hiding from me. I was hiding from sparkle and magic and fun and fearlessness and music and dance and creative magic… I just knew I had feelings. I knew I had thoughts. I knew I had things I wanted to say. Listen, I'm rebellious. Okay? I always have been. And Erika Jayne is a little bit of a rebel too.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Nightline http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/erika-girardi-on-creation-of-erika-jayne (2017)

Erika Jayne Quotes about life

“Blonde bombshell is always in. Don’t ever let anybody tell you it isn’t… I don’t think I’m gonna cut my hair. I’ve already shaved my head twice in my life. At 47, it’s not really an option. This is who I am.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Entertainment Tonight https://www.etonline.com/erika-jayne-is-balancing-housewives-drama-with-headlining-her-first-tour-and-its-a-lot-exclusive (2018)

“The danger of living two lives is that they can unintentionally collide. Like when my Erika Jayne voice comes into Erika Girardi’s life.”

Erika Jayne

TedxPasadena speech (2018)

“I've grown up disciplined all my life as a dancer, so I know how to eat and work out. Do I do it? No!”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to E! News http://www.eonline.com/news/924125/erika-jayne-s-diet-and-fitness-secrets-may-surprise-you (2018)

“I think you have to rise above, to remain true to who you are. No matter what is said about you in the media, you have to look at the big picture — and you have to have a plan for where you want your life to go. And you also can't think that everyone is going to be there to help you; it's a lonely road to success.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

“Inside all of us is a boss. You just gotta go find her. That’s the truth. Everyone is capable. Everyone has the ability. A lot of it is timing. A lot of it is right place, right time. A lot of it is not giving up. A lot if it is push, dreams, following those [dreams] through, and tenacity. You can do it. It’s going to be hard. People are going to tell you no. But no matter what your goal is in life, there’s always a way. You just have to look for that way. Sometimes you have to make that way. Sometimes you have to go around people. Sometimes you may have to go through people. But there’s always a way to make it happen.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/erika-jayne-girardi-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-interview (2017)

“The day that my stepfather left was hard, though. Renee sat in a chair in the living room, wearing a pair of navy shorts and a purple polo shirt. She was sobbing into her hands. Her face was pressed into the side of the chair. I thought - and I will never forget this - I don't ever want to be like that. I love my mother, but in that moment, I saw her as weak. I knew that she could survive without a man, but she wanted a partner so badly that she let him ruin her life.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 47
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Erika Jayne Quotes about people

“Other people's opinions are simply other people's opinions. I am who I am. I know who Erika Jayne is, and I know who Erika Girardi is. It's OK.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

“I don't think the father figures who let me down are bad people. They were doing the best they could, and sometimes that's just not enough. It's less their fault than it is the circumstances they were in. I can't really blame them for what happened. Now I'm so far away from these issues that it doesn't hurt anymore. In those moments, it was excruciating, but you can't stay in pain too long. You have to let it wash over you and pass, or else it will drown you.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 59-60
Pretty Mess book (2018)

“Money doesn't make you confident, material things don't make you confident. Your work ethic makes you confident; your achievements make you confident. It's about setting goals, and it's about whether or not you reach them. I know a lot of people with money who are not happy, who are insecure, who are basically train wrecks.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

“Money does not make you happy. All money does is make you really look at yourself. When you're not worried about the lights being shut off, then you can get down to business looking at 'What kind of persona am I?'Money is not a cure-all. You're still human, you still get depressed, you still get scared, you still get sad … It's really about your own self-worth. If you're going to be the best doctor, the best dancer, the best teacher, the best singer, it's really about that. That's where the confidence comes from. A lot of people who don't have a lot of money have a lot of confidence, [they] still love themselves because they feel accomplished inside.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

“I said you know what, I thought my transformation was that I needed to transform into Erika Jayne, but my true transformation took place when Erika Jayne showed me that Erika Girardi was just fine the whole time. It was just a truer, shinier version of myself. And you can be fluent in both of your personas, both your personalities. We all have them, whether you’re on a reality television show or not, whether you’re 47 years old and you’re out there singing and dancing. You’re not the same person at home as you are at work, or with other people, so there are performance personas whether you acknowledge them or not. And transformation is individual. This is my story, my experiences, doing this stuff. Maybe yours is something different, but they’re equally important.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Detroit News https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/10/23/tv-bravo-real-housewives-beverly-hills-erika-jayne-singer-billboard-chart-club-music/38252769/ (2018)

“But surprisingly, once I started to reveal a little more of my unguarded self, people didn’t really seem to mind. I found that I could connect to them on a more human level.”

Erika Jayne

TedxPasadena speech (2018)

Erika Jayne: Trending quotes

“Here's the thing, it's the same person. It's just that some things that are appropriate on stage aren't appropriate at a dinner party, you know with a bunch of judges and lawyers. It's still saying how you feel, it's still being yourself, it's just knowing when and where. It's also knowing when to let someone else take the lead. That's exactly why Erika Jayne is so great, because when she's onstage, that's what she's supposed to do. To be over the top, to be peacocking. But it still resonates from the same place inside”

Erika Jayne

me
Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

Feeling , Personality

“I’ve worked very hard for everything I’ve ever had. But it’s my journey. And I don’t regret anything.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Girardi interview to People http://people.com/tv/rhobh-erika-girardi-painful-past-wealthy-coma/ (2018)

“All of us have been in situations where we've lost our confidence, even the greatest leaders in the world. We are at the end of the day human — I have no problem telling you, yeah [I have days when] I think, you know, What am I doing? Remember why you're doing what you're doing; talk yourself off the ledge. You know you have to become your own best counselor because really no one is going to take the time and the energy to understand your problems quite like you can.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

World , Confidence , Understanding , Problem

Erika Jayne Quotes

“You make me wanna give you everything
I been watchin' you
Show me 'round your world
Whatcha' do whatcha' do”

Erika Jayne

"Give You Everything"
Song lyrics, Pretty Mess (2009)

World

“I've been fortunate enough to tour all over the country. I'm always going to be over the top - I'm a showgirl at heart, so that's what you can expect.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Billboard https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/508270/spotlight-on-erika-jayne (2012)

Heart , Country

“Wop boys rock my world
I like to play with all my girls
But money makes me hard and tight
I love to bathe in cash and pearls”

Erika Jayne

"Roller Coaster"
Song lyrics, Pretty Mess (2009)

Love , Money , World , Girl

“With Facebook and Instagram, it seems like everyone has an online persona. It’s a way of perfecting how the world looks at you.”

Erika Jayne

TedxPasadena speech (2018)

World , Way , Perfection

“Another thing Tom and I enjoy doing is visiting our small circle of friends, so spending an afternoon in Malibu with David and Yolanda is always a nice little escape. It’s always good to bounce creative ideas off of someone as incredibly talented as David. Even after all of his success in the business, he’s still willing to listen with a fresh set of ears and gives great feedback.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne's blog for Bravo http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/season-6/blogs/erika-girardi/erika-girardi-its-quite-obvious (2015)

Idea , Business , Success

“It’s great to be outlandish… to acknowledge that side of yourself. But it’s when you harness that true power that the true success is unleashed. I’m glad I came out of hiding to liberate this persona.”

Erika Jayne

TedxPasadena speech (2018)

Success

“Erika Jayne is six words: fantasy, love, escape, glitz, glamour, and fun. I think women should live out loud. I think that we should be fearless. I think we should express ourselves. I think we should have fun. And I don’t think anyone should dictate to you when your best days are, or that you are too old to express yourself. You are of worth and value in your 40s, 50s, and 60s. You don’t have to stop doing what you love simply because you’re not 25. I just think that those are old ideas that need to be broken and discarded quite honestly.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/erika-jayne-girardi-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-interview (2017)

Love , Women , Idea , Thinking

“New York City is such an awesome place with a lot of great artists doing great things at the top level. There was so much going on then and so much going on now. It was really ‘the’ place to go to hone your artistry. I became a member of a couple of girl groups early on and performed at a few clubs around there. But basically, I was doing any job I could just to stay alive. A lot of extra work. I was a starving artist.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to 303 Magazine https://303magazine.com/2013/09/reel-deal-erika-jayne-qa/ (2013)

Girl

“I feel like my marriage came apart because of me, not because of anyone else. I can take responsibility. I knew I was a good mom. I thought I was adult enough to be a wife and a mother, but really I wasn't. Tommy bore the brunt of that. It was this constant pressure and it was hard for both of us to take. We broke up when my son was a little more than 18 months old. I came out of a divorced home. I did what I knew, which was to take my son and leave.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 98-99
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Marriage , Feeling , Home , Moms

“You do have to rise above. If you're true to yourself and you're confident with who you are and you really know where you're coming from, you'll be fine. No matter what anyone says and no matter what anyone tries to do to you.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

Confidence

“Well, my mother and I were discussing how my father left when I was nine months old, and then she remarried and divorced again. I feel like I had blocked out that part of my childhood. I went back with her trying to piece it all back together. I was looking at it through 46 year-old eyes and thinking it was basically ten years of bullshit.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Iris Covet Book https://iriscovetbook.com/exclusive-erika-jayne/ (2018)

Feeling , Thinking , Parting , Childhood

“There are no rules anymore and if you believe that there are, then you’ll be left out.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Interview Magazine https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/drinks-real-housewife-erika-jayne (2018)

“You have to be willing to be ridiculed, laughed at, and mocked. You have to have people not believing in you. That makes you your own biggest cheerleader.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 220
Pretty Mess book (2018)

People

“Confidence isn't always out front and screaming, 'Look at me, look at me.'Confidence can be sitting back for a moment and letting someone else take the lead when you need to. You don't always have to be showboating.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

Confidence

“After a year of working in the restaurant, one night I decided to slip Tom my telephone number. We were standing in front of the giant fireplace. 'Did you hear I was single?' I asked. The next day his secretary called me and said, 'Mr. Girardi would like to know if you're free to have dinner this evening.' 'Absolutely not,' I told her. 'Tell Mr. Girardi if he wants to take me out on a date, he needs to call me himself and ask me and give me enough time to prepare.' You know how men are, especially if they are successful. They expect you to drop everything right away. That's not how I work, I don't care who you are. He did call me back himself, and he asked me out on a date like a gentleman.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 146
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Men , Time , Success , Night

“You know, I'm kind of a tomboy. I love to fish. I like to fish. I love to stay outdoors. I'm a big sports fan and go to games. I don't care what they are. I love to gamble and go to Vegas. I like my dog.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to SheKnows http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/810403/erika-jayne-exclusive-interview/page:2 (2009)

Love , Dogs , Game , Fish

“I like to slip out in the middle of the night and take my Lamborghini and drive it really fast on the highway. There’s a particular one close to my house in Pasadena. I just roll down the windows, and it’s kind of like I just slip into the night.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to CR Fashion Book https://www.crfashionbook.com/fashion/a19743941/erika-jayne-pretty-mess-real-housewives-fashion/ (2018)

Housing , Night

“Tom is 33 years older than me. It was always a bigger deal to everyone else than it was to either of us. All a couple really needs is to have the same life philosophy. If you see things the same way, then age, race, religion-none of that comes into play. When you want and enjoy the same things, it’s more important than being born during the same presidential administration.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 147
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Life , Age , Religion , Way

“I've had a lot of ups and downs, and listen, to still be putting yourself out there on stage at my age, you come against a lot of stuff. But if you love what you do, no one should let the opinions of others take away their joy or take away their dreams. And that's really all it comes down to. Loving yourself, believing in yourself, putting one foot in front of the other and doing it.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to Cosmopolitan (2016)

Love , Age , Dreams , Joy

“I'm a princess
I'm a temptress
I'm a pretty mess
I'm a mistress”

Erika Jayne

"Pretty Mess"
Song lyrics, Pretty Mess (2009)

Princess

“Obviously, being on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills brought more awareness to Erika Jayne and brought her out of the clubs and into people’s living rooms. I’m very thankful for that. I have nothing but great things to say about my experience.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/erika-jayne-wants-people-to-forget-their-005915255.html?guccounter=1 (2016)

People

“Top back, candy paint
Damn I got expensive taste
Flex on 'em everyday
Champagne, celebrate
I get freaky, all my girls we have a kiki
Rock a party like
Purple boomin' Lamborghini”

Erika Jayne

"Cars"
Song lyrics, Other songs

Girl , Painting

“I’m a showman. I believe that you’re a character every time you put on clothes. Tomorrow I may be another in hoops and tight jeans and a bomber. Clothes, to me, or wardrobe express characters.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/erika-girardi-jayne-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-bella-gigi-hadid-tom-ford-celebrity-style (2017)

Time , Clothes

“There are a couple of skills you take away from Housewives. You learn to be quick on your feet, stand your ground. I’ve always been kind of unapologetic, but you grow into that or into your own skin. You have a choice: you can either grow into your skin or you can back out. It will test your strength and patience - it will definitely run the gamut so you can figure out a little bit more of what you’re made of.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to Billboard https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8301673/erika-jayne-pretty-mess-interview (2018)

Learning , Patience

“I definitely picked up Renee's talent for saying hateful things, and I would use it against her. That's why I'm always so afraid of losing my temper on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. If I ever did, I would really eviscerate someone.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 31
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Hate

“I have to keep walking forward. I have to do the best that I can and hope that everything I've learned from these men helps me do things better than they did.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 60
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Men , Hope , Learning , Help

“On their date, my father said to Renee, "Tomorrow I'm going to come by your parents' house, pick you up, and we're going to go hunt for apartments. The three of us will live together and be a little family." It was really romantic at the drive-in, so this was all fabulous. He dropped her off at my grandparents' house. The next day, my mother waited and waited. He never came. He never called. Finally, she called her friend, Janet, who had recently married Nicolas' brother Gabriel. She asked if Janet had seen my father. "Oh honey, he's moved to California. He left this morning," Janet said.”

Erika Jayne

pg. 39-40
Pretty Mess book (2018)

Family , Parent , Waiting , Housing

“This week’s episode discussing Tom’s car accident is hard to watch. We both live such busy lives working that sometimes it takes accidents like this to remind us of what’s most important in life—each other. I’m thankful he's made a full recovery, and just in case you were wondering, he never stopped working.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne's blog for Bravo http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/season-8/erika-girardi/erika-girardi-this-weeks-episode-is-hard (2018)

Life , Cars , Business

“Just let life be the spark
A catapult that shoots us through the dark
Raise your glass, bring a toast
To the one thing you treasure the most
Tonight the only way we go is up up
Let the music play, let's make it pop pop
DJ keep the record spinning all night non stop”

Erika Jayne

"Party People (Ignite The World)"
Song lyrics, Other songs

Life , Music , Way , Night

“As a performer, I’ve always been very inspired by Andy Warhol and the Studio 54 era– the wardrobe, the glamour, the free-spirited underground club world.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne's blog for Bravo http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/season-7/blogs/erika-girardi/erika-girardi-turning-45-is-a-big (2016)

World

“I wanna grab the microphone and shout it to the world
Shout it to the world, world
I'm your freaking girl
Anytime you need me, you just have to say the word
Have to say the word, word
I'm your freaking girl”

Erika Jayne

"United"
Song lyrics, Other songs

World , Girl

“It's organized chaos. Everything is different. You have a sound check—a very thorough sound check—to make sure that everything is worked out so smoothly and then you're in glam, and then you have a small prayer before you hit the stage and it's it's a lot of fun. That's what it's all about. You want to come together and be thankful for having the privilege of getting to do what you love for work.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to L'Officiel (2018)

Love , Making love

“So, if they can do it, I can do it, too.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to L'Officiel (2018)

“My job is to take you to a place of fantasy and help you escape your reality. Nothing makes me happier than to put on some crazy costume and dance around. It’s what I live for.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to AXS https://www.axs.com/pain-killr-dance-queen-erika-jayne-talks-infectious-new-song-album-and-19682 (2014)

Making love , Reality , Help , Dance

“I think it's something that I had to teach myself because growing up wasn't always a barrel of laughs. I was insecure and I had a lot of self-doubts, which is why I tell myself I can do it and that I earned it. I think you kind of become your own best cheerleader. I mean, obviously, my mom and my grandmother were big cheerleaders of mine, but at the end of the day, you have to be your own cheerleader—every day. Otherwise, it's not going to work out if you don't believe in yourself. I think a lot of it, too, is looking around and saying 'Why not me?' You know, 'Why not me?'”

Erika Jayne

I mean, if they can do it I can do it. There's nothing that special about anyone, really.
Interview to L'Officiel (2018)

Self-confidence , Thinking , Moms

“I don't think anyone should tap you on the shoulder and tell you that it's time to sit down and retire. Imagine if I told you, "You know what, you should really hang it up right now."”

Erika Jayne

As women, we need to do more to support each other. And I think it's a lot of old rules that are being broken.
Erika Jayne interview to MTV http://www.mtv.com/news/2884785/erika-jayne-interview/ (2016)

Imagination , Thinking , Time

“Don't let anyone else tell you when your time is up or what's best for you, you make that. And if you live by what other people want you to do with your life, you will be miserable, I can guarantee you that.”

Erika Jayne

Erika Jayne interview to E! News https://www.eonline.com/news/1021432/real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-erika-jayne-dishes-on-porn-her-career-and-biggest-fears (2019)

Life , Making love , People , Time

“I can do it. I earned it. It's something you have to remind yourself.”

Erika Jayne

Interview to L'Officiel (2018)