Manika Quotes

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.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

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.

That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my chest. That's thrilling to me.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.

Before the show, we see all these radio people, and most of them say, 'Garth, you're a lot calmer than I thought you were gonna be.' But when the members of the band give one another that handshake, and the lights go out, and the crowd goes up, then you're sliding into the elevator, man, your heart is just going bopbopbopbopbop.

You do a play, or you go on set for the first day of filming: if you don't have nerves, and you don't have any kind of adrenalin pushing you forward, then something is wrong.

When I finished playing, I didn't think I would be able to replace the buzz you feel at kick-off, but when the light on top of the camera turns red, and you're about to go live to the nation, it is a very similar feeling.

You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.

When I got to MSG, I had to look around and just take it in. I looked at the crowd and couldn't believe it. Instead of butterflies in my stomach, I had hawks!

I love that moment just before the curtain goes up, whether I'm sitting in the audience or standing backstage. It's full of expectation. It's a thrill that's unequaled anywhere.

Football still gives me butterflies; it still makes me smile.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

Action scenes get me so excited, and my adrenaline starts pumping.

All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

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.

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time.

It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.

I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.