Money Quote by Due Date

The stage calls my name.

— Keegan Allen

My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.

— OMI

Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie…

— Jamie Foxx

It's important to use a stage name so that your real name doesn't appear on public records.

— RuPaul

The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me 'Kali Uchis'…

— Kali Uchis

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.

— Nina Simone

If you think about it, it's the worst stage name that anybody can possibly think of, because it sounds ridiculous, but it's my real…

— Randy Rainbow

With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding.…

— John Wesley Harding

'Anna Nicole' came from Guess Jeans; Paul Marciano and me and one of his friends, we were sitting around coming up with a stage…

— Anna Nicole Smith

I remember I had a boyfriend a long time ago who said, 'You need to change your name; you sound like a circus performer.'

— Lucy Punch

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

— Russell Peters