Regina Spektor Quotes

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

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

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

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

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

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

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

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

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

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

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.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

Before every performance I feel nervous.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

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

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

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

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.