Audience Quote by Vashti Bunyan

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

— Adam Sandler

I am made to tremble and I fear!

— Pope John XXIII

I'm scared of the interviews...I'm scared of having to get up onstage again. I'm scared of the critique. I'm scared right now of doing…

— Linda Perry

Sometimes, when I'm surrounded by a lot of people, I shake, I'm so nervous.

— Yalitza Aparicio

The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate…

— Diane Lane

A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would have been…

— Cornelia Parker

Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience.…

— Nick Cave

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

— Brett Gelman

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety…

— Carly Simon

I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed…

— Sissy Spacek

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and…

— Steve Marriott

At times, I've been so absolutely terrified of what I was about to do, whether it was public speaking or performance. Whatever it was,…

— Annie Lennox