I like fashion. I enjoy playing with it.
I like to describe my style as S&M chic with a little hood-rat appeal.
I don't think anyone should tap you on the shoulder and tell you that it's time to sit down and retire.
I trust my gut a lot.
There are only so many material things you can have before it becomes boring.
Erika Jayne was born out of rebellion. I like to break the rules.
I'm a big dreamer.
Erika Girardi likes her hair straight with a lot of product, just a really good blow-dry. Erika Jayne likes her hair ropey with a lot of product, really rock star and wild.
As human begins, we all have layers to ourselves, you know?
I've grown up disciplined all my life as a dancer, so I know how to eat and work out.
The television in my bedroom is always on, so after I get out of the bath and put on my jammies, I sit in bed, curled up in my comforter with Tom, and we watch the news together until we fall asleep.
After dinner, there is no eating until the morning. My mom was really big on that.
You know, I entertain whether I'm on 'Housewives,' or whether I'm on 'Dancing With the Stars,' or whether I'm on 'Young and the Restless.'
Whether I'm performing in a club or onstage as Erika Jayne, whether I'm making records, whether I'm doing TV, I've got to entertain, and I have to take people away from their space and bring them into mine.
I had never, ever thought about being on any 'Real Housewives' show, so it was interesting to actually be on one.
I'm a very guarded person, very controlled person.
I lived Tom Girardi's legal life with him first 10 years of our relationship. I went to every legal organization, every event - all of those groups he belonged to and those speeches he gave.
I grew up with gay family members, and I went to a performing arts high school. So I grew up in children's theater, musical theater, and all of my life has been around the LGBT community.
You create real friendships through a growth process. It's not just, oh hi, we're friends! That's very childlike. True adult friendships take time, understanding, and it's a plant that needs to be watered and tended to so that it blossoms.
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.
