Julien Baker Quotes

I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

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

I get scared to death every time I have to play. I always get nervous because you never know what to expect. The crowd could be awful, or it could be amazing. You just never know what you're going to get until you get out there and do it. I just do my best and have fun.

The adrenaline of performing live in front of an audience is a feeling that's hard to replicate.

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 get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

Auditioning is the most terrifying thing I've ever done. There must have been four or five of them where I completely froze up and walked out of the room. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

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

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.

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 so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.

When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear.

You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.'