Quotes About Insecurity

When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me.

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

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.

When I first started out, I was really, really scared when I performed before an audience. I'd look over their heads.

I'm not a natural born performer.

As a performer you often feel that you're the child and everyone else is a grown-up.

When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough... I needed to hear that I was good.

I'm still a really shy performer and can't wear high heels and need to be with bare feet.

I've always been an anxious performer. I've never liked performing.

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.

We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

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 go through periods where I feel very confident about stuff but other periods that are insecure... I find doing different stuff removes the responsibility of focussing on one thing.

I don't feel insecure at all. There's nothing permanent here. One has to make the most of his/her talent.

I live in a perpetual state of fear.

First and foremost, Luke Perry was my very first celebrity crush ever in life. I still cannot believe that we're friends.

When you're a little fat boy in any kind of school, you're just persecuted something awful.

I was Persian-American, but I hated bringing Persian food to school. I just didn't want to stand out in that way. I wanted to be like everybody else.

When you become a slave to a public persona and don't feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield, and it shouldn't come at the expense of your self-worth.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man.

In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain

The only certainty is that nothing is certain