Chords Quote by Amy Tan

I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for…

— Johnny Mathis

A couple of weeks ago, I did karaoke and got nervous in a way I hadn't gotten nervous in 25 years. I'm so used…

— Wendy Liebman

Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that…

— Whitney Houston

I think with performing, initially I was terrified on stage, absolutely terrified. And I did it again and again and again, and I learned…

— Julian Barratt

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

— Spencer Stone

I used to get very nervous before a concert. It's okay when you are in a band. You can kind of disappear. But when…

— Agnes Obel

You know I still get nervous speaking in front of people. Speaking reminds me of pitching in that way. No matter how much you…

— Jim Abbott

It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what…

— Sharon Van Etten

When I'm performing, the crowd just disappears, it's like everyone merges - one big person. You just say the words and people will say…

— Santan Dave

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting…

— Ziggy Marley

I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I'd gotten used to it, so I figured it would only…

— The D.O.C

I won the speech competition in class, and I always say this was my first 'spoken word performance.' It was the first time I…

— Rupi Kaur