Bill Kreutzmann Quotes

I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

I'm terrified of performing live.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

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.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

Performing on stage is such a buzz. I've done stupid things such as jump off a building, but I'd never experienced adrenalin like I did on stage.

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

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

When I go out on the runway, I can feel the audience vibrate.

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

I think actually performing on stage when everyone's facing you and you're one person facing them, that is quite a lonely thing in a strange way. You have to be quite insular from everybody else, you've got thousands of people staring at you and you're just on your own.

It's quite a feeling to be all alone on the stage!

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

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

Performing was terrifying.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

When I first played live, I would shake with fear, and my voice would tremble. But I do it for the love of it. There's nothing I love more than playing live.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

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.