Donna Summer Quotes

• When I’m not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.

  Donna Summer

• Well, I’ll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize – I really do. I don’t have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they’re in my mind.

  Donna Summer

• Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you’re a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.

  Donna Summer

• My life was changed in one breath from God.

  Donna Summer

• Let’s say that, in reality, I’m basically very shy when it comes to men.

  Donna Summer

• It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don’t think it’s necessary to continue with my career at this point.

  Donna Summer

• If you’ve never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

  Donna Summer

• I’m ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it’s fine.

  Donna Summer

• I want a private life, I truly do. I’m not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

  Donna Summer

• I haven’t really been recording in the last several years. I haven’t wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I’m on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon.

  Donna Summer

• I don’t really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something’s gonna be a huge success, and it isn’t. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything.

  Donna Summer

• I don’t keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

  Donna Summer

• I don’t care if I’m beautiful; I don’t care what I am on the outside. It isn’t about the outside.

  Donna Summer

• I am sensual and very physical. I’m very erotic. But my s*xuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level.

  Donna Summer

• God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.

  Donna Summer

• But I think that I’m just a normal girl, you know.

  Donna Summer

• But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can’t pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

  Donna Summer

• Because I’m just an ordinary person that did some extraordinary things.

  Donna Summer

• And no, having the hits is just more work.

  Donna Summer

• And I mean, I’m established. So I’m not worried about having a hit at this point in my career.

  Donna Summer

Donna Summer (21)

Birth:	31st December, 1948
Death:	17th May, 2012
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Painter, Singer

About

LaDonna Adrian Gaines better known by her stage name, Donna Summer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was an American singer, songwriter, and painter. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. She became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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