Because we're anxious, and nothing messes up performance quite like anxiety does.
"But if you mess up one performance, then you are lost for ever," he says.Mr Zhang's goal is to get out of Hengdian to reach Beijing, the "culture capital".
It is a logical consequence of Mitchell's multimedia work: she will be able to make a perfected object that can exist in the way she intended, for ever, without the mess of live performance.
It's a risky business relying on actors; actors can: not show up, flub lines, change blocking, forget costumes, they can mess up a performance.
An often wonderful mess of rock performance unfortunately hobbled by a flat, un-dynamic sound mix, the set was far removed from the Kinks- and Rolling Stones-inspired stuff that brought Foxygen early attention.
Remember, if you ever mess up on performance night, say it wrong but strong!
Goalkeeper David De Gea, who had been blameless amid the mess of United's performance, blocked crucially from Streller - but the reprieve was brief as Basel's superb comeback started after 58 minutes.
Try to focus on the things you did well, instead of sulking about how you messed up the whole performance.
He tells his wife (Phyllis Newman, in a beautifully modulated performance) about the mess his decision has created.
I had just played the cello for too long in the wrong position, rigid with tension in a concert, feeling anxious that I would mess up and wreck the performance.
