Jens Lekman Quotes

I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.

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.

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

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

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.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

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

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

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

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

Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

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

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

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.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

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

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.