John Legend Quotes

I get superstitious. I always have to have some form of potato, either chips or mashed potato or roast potatoes on a show day.

I find that putting my make-up on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show. It kind of helps me make that transition from 'mommy' to 'performer,' or star or whatever you want to call it!

Before I play a show, I put on lavender oil - it's sort of a ritual.

Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state and when I get on the mat to do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed.

Nothing like a bit of 'The Best of Times' before prancing around on stage.

I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!

I don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies.

I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show.

A good plate of sushi after an opening helps to soothe that post-opening blues - especially since you feel like raw meat yourself.

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

When I play on stage, I have to drink a glass of water.

If I'm playing country, I gotta have my country hat and my cowboy boots. I gotta have a voice, and the third thing, I gotta have I guess a little music to keep me in the right mind, a little pre-show something to get ya going. Lots of AC/DC, or I'll sit on youtube and find all kinds of stuff before we take the stage to get pumped up.

But I'm not superstitious. I don't really eat dinner before I go on stage, because digesting a lot of food kind of shuts you down. And I try not to get involved in emotional conversations with anyone beforehand either, so I've got a clear head.

I am definitely someone who needs to take a second by myself and stretch and breathe before a show.

Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.

My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.

I tend to be very relaxed on stage, but the nerves have to come out somehow.

I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.

Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.

Sometimes a little comfort food can go a long way.

Cooking is the best occupational therapy for me. And when I cook, everybody comes to eat. It's the greatest thing.

What I normally do before going on stage is pray - normally we do a group prayer with the crew or whoever is around, like our security guard, our tour manager and whoever else is back there and wants to pray with us.

I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.

It is pandemonium backstage. I straighten ties, see if their shoes are laced - and I always have to remember to check their flies just before they walk out.

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.