Liz Phair Quotes

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

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 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.

I'm not a natural born performer.

Onstage was where I felt the most confident and in control and free, and as I've gotten older, it's gotten more and more daunting. And I think that's also part of my desire to keep confronting that and pushing through to find that childlike or youthful ignorance against fear and keep at it.

It's definitely more nerve-wracking being in front of the cameras, although I'm trying to get better at it.

I think with performing, initially I was terrified on stage, absolutely terrified. And I did it again and again and again, and I learned sort of how it works, and then I was able to do it.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

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

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.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

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

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.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.