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Often people have to wake me up from a nap to tell me to go on stage.
People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.
At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.
I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.
I tell people that anything that could ever happen to you on stage has happened to me. My clothes have fallen off. I've fallen off the stage. I've gotten sick - anything.
I'm comfortable in front of a camera, and I'm used to being watched, although that kind of bugged me at first. On the stage, though, I'm scared. I really get frightened in front of people.
As soon as we showcased the Wii in 2006, people immediately understood. At that E3 show, I was up on the stage with other Nintendo staff playing Wii Tennis, and I could hear the excitement behind me.
In terms of stage presence for me, I'm influenced by a myriad of things. A lot of punk performers, people like Dave Vanian from The Damned and Davey Havok from AFI was a huge influence on me when I was younger.