I don't normally get nervous. I do interviews all the time and they don't bother me a bit. The difference here, which is maybe what your People mag friend was saying, is that it was somebody relatively well-known (at least in my area). They've put out 10 albums and they've been doing interviews for 20 years, and there's just not that much left to say.
It got worse before it got better, btw, but today has been at least sort of OK.

everybody for trying to help me out.