Ezra Furman Quotes

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

I used to be really nervous to perform in front of people. I would cry.

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

I was so terrified before an audience that I would break out in these ugly red hives, and my lips would quiver at the sight of a word or a song.

During my teen years, I just really started to get anxiety. I would get stage fright when I would do certain speaking engagements and I always would get through them, but it was a really nerve-racking and hard thing to do.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean 'nervous' for me.

I never stop getting nervous. I'm nervous before every single show.

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

Performing was terrifying.

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

Barbra Streisand developed overwhelming performance anxiety at the height of her career; for 27 years she refused to perform for the general public, appearing live only in private clubs and at charity events, where she presumably believed the pressure on her was less intense.

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.