Dries van Noten Quotes

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.

Performing was terrifying.

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.

Fear is exciting for me.

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.

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

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.

When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear.

When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

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.

You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

Nerves can happen to even the best of us. It's not easy to compete.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.

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.

Auditioning is the worst.

Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.