LeToya Luckett Quotes

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.

I used to get very nervous before a concert. It's okay when you are in a band. You can kind of disappear. But when it's just you... yes, that was difficult. I would not say it is easy now. But when you do it for a long time, you do learn to cope.

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

'Johnny' was always a lone wolf when he got on stage. Him against the world, whereas suddenly, when I got into acting, people were relying on me.

I was about 10, and I was supposed to be playing the piano at the school concert, and I got up in front of the whole school and said, 'I'm sorry. I'm changing the agenda. I want to play some songs I've written.'

Fundamentally, I was a very shy and quiet person growing up, so it was just really difficult getting up on a stage. It was a perverse career choice really.

I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out the best performance of yourself, to bring out the best version of yourself, but yep I'm nervous and I'm scared.

If you do not know each player individually, one on one, it is impossible to form a team from 22 distinct personalities, different languages, different home countries, but with one common aim.

I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.

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

I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave?

Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I've been working on.

I'm never comfortable being in front of the camera, but I've learned how to deal with it.

You can't fight like a machine, like you are worried about what the promoter is going to think.

I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I think I was three. It's funny because that stage was also my high school theater stage.

I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer.

It can be hard to keep that mentality but I know that to play your best you can't be worrying about getting dropped, because then you just go into your shell even more and play safe. I've just got to come out and play how I know I can play - that's the way that you get the best out of yourself.

There have been competitions where I got on the line and psyched myself out before I even let myself compete. I was thinking about the other competitors and not giving myself a fair chance. I had to shift to thinking, 'Just focus on yourself and doing what your coach has taught you to do.'

If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.

My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I wanted to take away the fear of failure from the youngsters because when I came into the Indian team I faced that pressure.

I don't feel like I'm the type of performer who's going to knock your socks off. I'm trying to get over my nerves.

I didn't think rap was me. But I was shy to sing in front of people. It'd be so off because I was shy.