Thoughts on being nervous
I was having a conversation with one of my guitar students about being nervous to play on stage for the first time. I said that you get nervous because it’s important to you and that’s a positive thing; if you didn’t care you wouldn’t get nervous but then your performance would be no good.
Coincidently I’ve just spotted this quote from Joe Walsh; “You have to go out and play in front of people; even if you suck at it at first, you have to do it. For anybody going onstage the first time, it can be a terrifying experience, and it can be so scary that they never go again. But you have to do it a couple times before you can make your mind up.”