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I've Never Gotten Over What They Call Stagefright. I Go Through It Every Show. I'm Pretty Concerned, I'm Pretty Much Thinking About The Show. I Never Get Completely Comfortable With It, And I Don't Let The People Around Me Get Comfortable With It, In That I Remind Them That It's A New Crowd Out There, It's A New Audience, And They Haven't Seen Us Before. So It's Got To Be Like The First Time We Go On.

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I've Never Gotten Over

Elvis Presley

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I've Never Gotten Over What They Call Stagefright. I Go Through It Every Show. I'm Pretty Concerned, I'm Pretty Much Thinking About The Show. I Never Get Completely Comfortable With It, And I Don't Let The People Around Me Get Comfortable With It, In That I Remind Them That It's A New Crowd Out There, It's A New Audience, And They Haven't Seen Us Before. So It's Got To Be Like The First Time We Go On.

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