Dick York Quotes

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

For my TakeOver matches, I was always just a huge mess, a huge ball of nerves.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

Under the lights, there's a lot of pressure, my first big show. The mental pressure drained me out a bit. I was fit and healthy, but I was thinking, 'Why am I tired?' There are so many things that go on in there.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

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

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

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

I'm scared of audiences.

Auditioning is the worst.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

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

I'm feeling a little delicate.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

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

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.

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

Before every performance I feel nervous.

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

My main weakness is nerves.