Swiss conductor Paul Sacher wrote about Lipatti and stage fright

In Hommage à Dinu Lipatti (Labor et Fides: Geneva, 1952):
“Hours before the concert, he would put on his tail coat and, tense and unable to get a grip on himself, wander restlessly. He would often joke and say he was going to give up playing concerts for agriculture. But such restlessness would magically disappear as soon as he sat down on the piano bench, leaving in its place perfect control and attention.”