Chord Overstreet Quotes

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.

Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I'm typically pretty terrified to sing in front of people.

The one thing I thought I would never be able to do was sing on television.

I've never really had the confidence to sing in front of people; then, I got into acting.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

I had a kind of artrock band called Peanut for a while, which eventually helped me over my fear of singing. That was a big step for me. I never dreamed I could sing songs in front of people.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all my stuff kind of, like, really got even more full blown and, you know, I got stage fright and, you know, I couldn't do stand-up anymore and let alone sing and all the other things.

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

Me and my dad used to go to these jam sessions and open mic nights, but I was always scared of singing on stage. It felt different to rapping - more pressured.

I don't really understand it: in real life, I'm often so shy - paralysingly so - but when I'm performing, it's totally different. I feel free.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.