John Bonham Quotes

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

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

I remember playing the Royal Albert Hall, and a guy would say, 'Ten minutes to stage time,' and I'd get so nervous.

When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don't know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up.

Yup, the toilet is my best friend before a show.

I always get nervous before a gig, so I look over my writing, trying not to fantasise about all the things that could go horribly wrong.

I get a bit nervous because I just want the show to go well. I think you always have to be a little bit nervous, or else you're a little checked-out, and that's maybe the time when you're not doing your best stuff, because you're kind of just checked-out and falling back on stuff.

I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.

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

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

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense.

I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got a few nerves but she's so much worse than me. You'd think she'd be able to handle that kind of situation. After all, she is a concert pianist.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

No matter how many shows I've done, as soon as they say it's time to start, I get that nervous sensation and feel like I have to pee. So that's where my mind is. That and making it to the end of the runway and back as fast as I can.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.

My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.