Matt Berninger Quotes

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

Performing is the one time I don't have anxiety - surprisingly, right?

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I've never been onstage in my life.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

When I first started performing, I was a nervous wreck. Honestly, sometimes I felt like I was going to run off the stage.

I always have gotten nervous before every show. But the second I step onstage, it's all gone. It's sort of like an adrenaline rush for me.

The first time that I stepped onto a stage, it was life-changing. For once, I felt comfortable and in a place where I belonged. It changed my life forever.

If I'm confident in my ability to do something, I never get nervous about it. If I was to get up and try to sing in front of 50,000 people, I'd fall to pieces. But boxing, I find it really comfortable.

I would go to sleep and dream about being onstage with thousands and thousands of people.

I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.

It's good to have butterflies. And they always go away. The camera starts rolling and they go away and it's all good.

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.