Rickie Lee Jones Quotes

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.

Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.

If I could borrow anything from Miley, it would be her stage confidence. For me, that's just going to come with time.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

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.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

Right before I go on stage, I'm absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions, but the center of me is going forward into the performance.

I've always been pretty reserved, but after taking drama classes in middle school to get more comfortable performing in front of people, I thought I should try out for television.

I quite like the idea of performing in front of people that don't like me.

In general, I'm pretty shy and nervous about a lot of things. For me to get on stage for the first time took so many times at an open mic before I finally got on stage and did it.

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

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

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.

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

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.