Tycho Quotes

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.

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.

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.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

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

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

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.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

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 was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.

If I could borrow anything from Miley, it would be her stage confidence. For me, that's just going to come with time.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

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

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 didn't start singing until I was 16. I was afraid to sing in front of people.

I feel like more than 80% of the world wouldn't get up in front of 40 million people and dance on national television, and if I have the confidence to do that then that's a step ahead in my life for me in terms of personal goals. I will gain a lot of confidence on all aspects right there.

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 feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I'm not perfect, but I've definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.