Dhani Harrison Quotes

If I were Goldberg or Brock Lesnar, I wouldn't want to have to go on after me and Randy. From their standpoint, I wouldn't want to be them and have to go on after us.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

When I started out playing live, it was different. I felt good about it. Nobody knew who I was. I just opened for so-and-so. Now, I'm playing to people who are coming out to see the band. There's too much attention on the band and me.

I know what to expect from the crowd and enjoy playing in front of the big crowds.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have. There's something about acting like I don't care, or if I act like I haven't spent enough time on it, it seems to go better. If I act like I'm really trying to sell it, it doesn't go as well.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

I wait for death and journalists.

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.

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we do now.

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't know what I'm going to do to make a living otherwise, but I really don't want to do the Shins right now.'

I think there's a certain amount of pressure depending on how demanding the part is, depending on how great the material is. I feel a certain amount of pressure to rise to the occasion.

Anytime you join a show that's been successful, there's a certain responsibility. And a lot of anxiety that, you know, you're bringing the character to life, respecting the show and doing your part. So that you are not the weak link in the chain.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.