Artist Anxiety Quotes

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."

When you're releasing an album, you never know how it's going to go. You never know how a critic is going to receive it or how much it's going to sell.

I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

It's so important, after a song is finished, to go to sleep and listen to the song with fresh ears the next day. It's sometimes a traumatic event. And playing it for someone else for the first time - that is the most nerve-wracking thing of all. But we learn so much.

I feel like I've mastered what nervousness is, and simply, nervousness is, fearing the future. Or, I like to put it as, thinking about things that you don't want in the future. Normally, artists may think, 'What if my show doesn't go well?' Boom. That's going to cause nervousness.

All artists have insecurity.

'Storm' was the first song I did as a member of YG. The record gave me a lot of pressure. I didn't think I was prepared at the time.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

It's when I'm playing a headline show I feel weird, 'cause I don't know how to react to people coming out to see me.

I am going to keep on singing. I have no intention of retiring. Actually, I always wonder whether people know my songs in the different countries I visit. I feel nervous over whether they will sing along with me or not.

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by the time I'm 21, am I a burn-out or something? Will they still listen to my record?

After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.

I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.

I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there.

I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think, 'Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me.' It's a very common thing.

I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.

I think there's a curiosity that can make you feel anxious as to what the world's going to make of what you're doing. It's not necessarily what you're going to get back in terms of record reviews or how people talk about your record, it's getting on the road and playing the new songs live.

You don't want to disappoint. Especially someone like me who's been out of music for years and hasn't had an album in like, four years.

Tons of people inspire my music, and now when I do an interview, I'm scared to say who they are.

If the artist starts evaluating himself, it’s an enormous block, isn’t it?

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it.

The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react.