James Galway Quotes

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.

I pretend to be calm, it's not a word in my vocabulary.

The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.

We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

Fear is excitement without breath.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

When I testify, I'll testify. I don't need to sit around chewing my fingernails.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

Because I've always been a fairly nervous person.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.

Auditioning is the worst.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Now is the age of anxiety.

I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous.

I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.