A biography for Erika Jaynehasn’t been written yet.
“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 like to fish. I love to stay outdoors.”
“You have to treat your skin very tenderly. You can't be aggressive with your skin.”
“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.”
“Not everybody wants to be on TV, believe it or not.”
“I'm a very guarded person, very controlled person.”
“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 made dance records and the gay community gravitated toward them. They gave me a place to really shine, a place to develop, and a place to spread my wings - I'll forever be grateful for that.”
“There is a certain amount of conflict that comes with being a 'Housewife.' It is not a comfortable position. If you are comfortable, you aren't doing your job.”
“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.”
“Nobody's ever going to marry me for my cooking skills.”
“When I moved to California, I always knew that my son would eventually come out and live with me.”
“I like a neckline to be either high or low; the middle just doesn't work for me.”
“If I'm on the plane, I insist on being comfortable. I don't believe in getting dressed up to fly. There's no reason for that, especially when it's 16 hours to fly internationally.”
“I'm a big dreamer.”
“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.”
“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'm very afraid of the dark. I even have a night light.”
“I like to describe my style as S&M chic with a little hood-rat appeal.”
“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.”