Stormzy Quotes

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

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.

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

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.

There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

I didn't grow up jumping in front of the class and performing, but I definitely had a hunger to be creative.

Being on 'America's Got Talent' has really helped me expand my self-confidence on the stage and anywhere - I'm more comfortable, and it's just really helped, and I'm glad about that.

I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live national television show, and you are competing to stay on it, then I don't think you should be uncomfortable up there. I think you should sell it and be your own best self.

I think, like, in real life, I'm actually quiet, and I mumble a lot. But that's not very lucrative.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

I tend to be on the quiet side. I think I would have been bigger if I had a big mouth.

I know myself so well. So I know if I'm not confident in the play, it's not going to be a good play.

Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.

It's only when I faced the camera that I realised how confident I was on screen!

I'm the most awkward person in the world, but onstage, I'm completely fine. I could run around in a thong and not care.

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

I'm much more confident performing than I am in social situations.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I'm very confident in how I project my personality.

I'm not the person in person that I am on stage.

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