Jake Shears Quotes

I think I'm actually much too shy to do any performance art. I admire the big swings those guys take, but I'm not a one-man band.

I tend to make bolder and more interesting choices after I've done theatre.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

Especially with music, people want confidence.

I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!'

I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

I love experimenting with clothes for photo shoots, but when I'm onstage, I want to show people that there are other options. You can just be yourself and still make good music.

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.

I'd be quiet as a mouse if I didn't have the correct feeling about my music. I feel like I'm able to talk about it and say I'm one of the best because I think I got the music to back that up. I got the live show to back that up. That's all that matters.

I know how to do music, no matter how weird I look on stage with the face paint, mask, and hospital scrubs.

I am an entertainer by all means, and I am going to always take stages and will fall on my face with those stages without a care because I am not afraid to fail.

I just wanted to perform all day, every day.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

There was no fear of failure when I made 'Bajirao Mastani.'

I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.

Be brave enough to create.

We're entertainers, not just singers!

I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.