It Was June 4, 1979, The First Time I Went On Stage. I Didn't Know I Could Do It But I Knew I Couldn't Not Do It. I Quit Everything In My Life And This Was The One Thing I Couldn't Quit. The First Night Was Awful Because I Was So Afraid, And I Was Never More Afraid Because It Was Going Out Of My Character To Be Outgoing And To Be Vulnerable And To Be Out There And Onstage. My Hands Were Sweaty And I Couldn't Swallow, And I Drank A Bottle Of Wine To Calm My Nerves. - SearchQuotes

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It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit. The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

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