Madonna On Panic Attacks
MADONNA in Dazed And Confused. Stop breathing her air:
“I have moments where I feel incredibly invincible and know that I have the audience in my hand — I know that everything is absolutely perfect. And then I have panic attacks where I feel like everyone is breathing my air and I cannot live up to everybody’s expectations and I might just die on stage.
I normally try to turn my back to the audience, take a deep breath and remind myself that it’s all temporary. I’m not worried about fucking up — I really have a panic attack that everyone else is breathing my air. It’s hard to describe.
When you have panic attacks you cannot rationalise them. Obviously there’s enough oxygen for me but it never happens outdoors, it’s normally in indoor sports arenas that feel very close when suddenly I feel claustrophobic. It’s not a fear of performing.”
No. It’s a fear of you breathing her air…
March 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Die onstage? Oh, yes. Please. That is one Madonna concert I would pay to watch. Maybe if all the concert goers take really deep breaths………..