Su-chin Pak Quotes

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable.

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

Certainly, being on stage is a rush.

There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.

When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.

Playing in front of a crowd is something you learn. You accept it and then you start to relish it.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for 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.

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can't describe it.

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.

I really, really love being on stage now.

Everyone will clearly be a bit nervous and scared before going onstage. But what I do is just remember that this is my passion. Once I get on the stage and see everyone smiling and looking at me, the joy that it brings to me makes me forget all about my nerves.

Often people have to wake me up from a nap to tell me to go on stage.

I remember my first ever gig in town, I was very nervous. I had a big red shiny face. But that all disappeared after 30 seconds and I settled down and got a great lift from that.

I have been a part of stage shows, but yes, I do get cold feet when I think that every move of mine will be under scrutiny!

I would go to sleep and dream about being onstage with thousands and thousands 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.

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.