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Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

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

I found I could perform in front of 200 people, but I would still feel nervous having a one-on-one conversation.

Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.

All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.

With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.