Andy Partridge Quotes

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I get really self-conscious about people staring at me. It sounds so weird. As a performer, as an artist, these should be the things that I'm used to. But that's not the case. When people stare at me, I freak out.

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.

I get very uncomfortable with people watching me.

I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if I have to do a reading, preparing.

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.

I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky.

I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.