Scottish comedy legend Billy Connolly has said that he finds his home city of Glasgow to be the most difficult place to perform. 

The 76-year-old said that the prospect of taking to the stage in the city "scared the life out of him" throughout his glittering career. 

Writing in a new book bringing Sir Billy confessed to feeling “riddled with anxiety and self-doubt every time.”

The Big Yin said that he struggled to perform in the city because he believed audiences knew whether or not he was telling the truth. 

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Brian Ferguson of The Scotsman reported that Connolly wrote in his book: “Being a comedian has always been a bit of a mystery to me, because I actually very rarely get funny ideas away from the stage.

“I can’t churn out jokes like some people can. I wouldn’t know how. But I can always tell stories.

“And the comedy seems to emerge out of the stories as I tell them. The thought of going out on stage scares the life out of me. It always has. I’m riddled with anxiety and self-doubt every time. What the **** am I going to say to these people?

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“But the nerves are good for me, they force me to work harder. And if I didn’t – if I got complacent – then it could fall flat and I’d make an arse of myself. But when it’s good, there’s no better feeling.”

Connolly worked as a welder in the city before finding his way into comedy. He announced his retirement last year.