Carnegie Quote by Itzhak Perlman

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out…

— Itzhak Perlman

On stage, I'm always nervous, but there is so much adrenalin, too. It's strange because I have to turn my back on the audience,…

— Andris Nelsons

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.

— Leila Josefowicz

I think nervousness - a heightened sense of nerves and attention is a very healthy thing for a performer. It is an artificial environment…

— Thomas Hampson

It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.

— Hilary Hahn

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

— Thia Megia

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

— Miley Cyrus

I get really nervous when I'm performing or meeting new people.

— Alice Merton

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

— Mohamed Bamba

I still get nervous sometimes before performing.

— Mariah Carey

I get nervous before I conduct a concert, but then you just go out there and do it.

— George Benjamin

I always get less nervous when we get into rehearsals because it just gives me a better idea of how it's gonna go.

— Maren Morris