Laura Marano Quotes

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

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

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

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

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.

I never used to speak to the audience at all. I never really knew what to say onstage.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

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.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

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.

I'm not a natural born performer.

The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate in that?'

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

So initially getting up on stage I was really nervous, I was like, 'wow, I'm going to be standing there and all these people are going to be looking at me?' But funnily enough it wasn't too traumatic. It felt quite natural because I felt I looked good and I knew how to do the poses.

As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.

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

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

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.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.