Lewis Capaldi Quotes

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

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

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

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

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

I get nervous playing the Opry still. You take that nervous energy and channel it into being amped.

Even when you're right in the middle of a tour and you've done 30 or 40 shows, you still get them butterflies in the stomach right before you go on stage.

I've never been good at playing live in front of people.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

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.

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

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

When I first played live, I would shake with fear, and my voice would tremble. But I do it for the love of it. There's nothing I love more than playing live.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

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 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.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

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

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

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.