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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.

— Jackie Evancho

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

What I really like seeing from the stage is people having their own moments, when people are doing some performance of their own.

— Florence Welch

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

— Thia Megia

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

— Rita Ora

Certainly, being on stage is a rush.

— Paul Dano

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

— Alison Lohman

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

— Kellie Pickler

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

— Michael Schenker

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

— Tessanne Chin

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

— Shreya Ghoshal

Being on the stage is the one place I don't get nervous. Before the show is another story, but once I'm up there, and the first chord hits, I go to this other place. It's like a dream land.

— Maren Morris