Alison Goldfrapp Quotes

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

Even as a kid I wasn't, like, a natural entertainer, where I would gather everyone around me and then sing or something at family parties.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

It would be nonsense to try to suggest that somebody who tried to rouse 2,000 people to their feet - which is what I used to do at conference - doesn't have any element of exhibitionism about them.

For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a version of things to the world.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

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

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

I'm not like a performer type.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

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

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