It's great to have financial support. But having someone's emotional support is something that I wish I had more of growing up.

I'm a showman. I believe that you're a character every time you put on clothes.

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and I honestly started performing for my family when I was around three. I would jump up on the coffee table and I would get in the closet and ask that they introduce me to come out, and from that point on, my mother stuck me in dance class and children's theater.

I have a really great bathtub, and I unwind by taking baths.

There are two different sides of my personality, much like everyone has two different sides of their personality. I mean, it's a profession... It's something that I do. And I'm not Erika Jayne 24 hours a day.

Being able to express yourself under the name Erika Jayne and saying things people want to say but wouldn't, or doing things that people want to do but don't, or taking that extra leap of faith or pushing the levels of sexuality, or whatever, that helps Erika Girardi stand on her own two feet and be calm and peaceful.

I'm very afraid of the dark. I even have a night light.

You have to treat your skin very tenderly. You can't be aggressive with your skin.

If I'm not working I'm not wearing makeup. The skin needs to breathe.

I would have never thought to write a memoir, but I'm glad I did it.

That's the one thing I loved most about Tom when my son was younger was that he welcomed him with open arms. I'm very thankful. That's my guy.

I will always be fashion. I try to pull it together. I think that comes from a sense of self. That's how you create your own look.

If you have long hair that gets styled all the time, or if you're dancing and working out, dry shampoo is essential because you don't want to wash your hair every day.

I don't have a makeup bag, I have a makeup artist!

There was this moment in my father's house where he said, 'My wife, she never had any kids and I never had any kids.' Yeah... He had never acknowledged my existence.

Erika Jayne was born out of rebellion. I like to break the rules.

I think my mother and grandmother had style even though we're humble Southern people.

You have to work to look good. You don't wake up and effortlessly look fabulous.

I like to fish. I love to stay outdoors.

White diamonds can get boring, so I love a colored stone.

The first time I met my father was when I was 25. I was visiting here in Los Angeles, I had not moved here yet. And he came down to meet me. It wasn't emotional, it was like meeting a stranger.

It's fun to have an over-the-top stage personality.

I make music that speaks to me.

I like a neckline to be either high or low; the middle just doesn't work for me.

I've known my son was going to be in law enforcement from the time he could walk and talk. That's all he's ever wanted and that's kind of your role as parent is to honor who your children really are.

All I can be is myself. I feel comfortable in my own skin, which I think is maybe what translates.

When I say there's a little bit of Erika Jayne in everybody, what I mean by that is: No one is one way all the time. No one is buttoned up all the time and no one is wild all the time. There are different parts to your personality, different layers - and that's really what Erika Jayne is, another layer to a human being.

My mother was a makeup artist for Estee Lauder and she taught me.

I don't enjoy fighting with people. I don't enjoy having conflict.

I grew up a Madonna fan, still am a Madonna fan, and will die a Madonna fan.

The most surprising thing I discovered was how rich of a life I've led. It's easy to forget all the things we experience throughout our human journey.

You have to have Aquaphor, because you don't want a crusty, dry mouth, and this, in my opinion, is the best. It wears well, it's a great base for any type of lip gloss, lipstick, anything like that.

I go to a dermatologist, so I'm under that kind of care because you really can't get this skin without a professional - that's the truth.

I tend to look at the silver lining of things.

Craft and art and discipline in what you do will make you happy.

There are only so many material things you can have before it becomes boring.

I sleep on a Tempur-Pedic mattress, and I have custom-made sheets. They're white with some patterns, and the highest thread count of Egyptian cotton you can get.

I love costume jewelry, because, listen, you can't pick a real jewel every day.

Sometimes people expect you to be something that you're not or want you to be something that is out of your philosophy, yet they claim they are a fan. Like, 'I'm really your fan, but you should get a nose job!' That's not really a fan.

I've dealt with this forever: the younger woman that married the wealthier, older man. I mean, I'm tired of having to justify my 20-year marriage.

The court of public opinion should not matter, but we're all human. And sometimes things sting. But I think you have to be willing to shake it off, and to not fall in love with the applause either.

'Housewives' has shone a light on women of middle age, that you're not out of the game, you're not old, you're not put out to pasture... You're lively, you're doing things, you're aggressive, you're making money, you're recreating yourself.

I was fortunate enough to go to an art school where we had a lot of different ethnicities represented.

I think art and dance is something everyone can relate to.

I have a lot of sapphires in my collection.

No matter what city I'm in, I'm always trying to run down a new Panthere ring.

People see me and assume one thing, and they get to know me and see that there's more there.

My ultimate goal was to make the music that I wanted to make, and give shows. I was never going to get a major label deal - I never wanted a major label deal - so I was really free to express myself.

I think anything you take on you should want to be the best.

As you begin to develop real relationships and bonds it gets harder because sometimes you say things to people and hurt their feelings and you really care about them.