Terence Trent D'Arby Quotes

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

I am shy. People misconstrue it as arrogance.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I'm less genial than people think, but I'm too timid to seem nasty.

The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.

I have a fear of being boring.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.

I'm very shy. I wish more people believed me when I say that.

I never manufactured my persona.

I think I do become someone else. In real life, I’m very shy, but people think I’m this angry, sexy kind of... god knows what they think! And there I am in front of them, nervous and blushing and stuttering and whatnot. So I’m definitely not the person you see in pictures. I mean, in pictures, you look like something you’re not.

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds of me.

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.