You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall.
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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 all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.
It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.
I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.
I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.
I always get less nervous when we get into rehearsals because it just gives me a better idea of how it's gonna go.
I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.
I'm nervous whenever I perform.
I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.
I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.
Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.
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