Martina McBride Quotes

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

I used to take 40 minutes to warm up before going on stage. If you want to spend time with your child as well as having a career, you have to get up there even if your head's a mess. It's made me more relaxed, and I'm having some of my best shows.

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

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell me, but when I smell good, I feel like I can dominate the room.

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.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

Carly Simon abandoned the stage for seven years after collapsing from nerves before a concert in Pittsburgh in 1981. When she resumed performing, she would sometimes ask members of her band to spank her before she went onstage, to distract her from her anxiety.

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

I tend to do yoga before I go on stage, so that keeps me nice and calm.

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

Before every show, I eat half a rotisserie chicken.

Prior to stepping on stage, I prefer to continue being myself, whether that is making jokes with others, talking about other non-bodybuilding topics, or just sitting around listening to music.

I'm very quiet off stage. I think I'm a pretty boring person. I'm not super talkative; I spend a lot of my time running and zoning out. I spend so much time trying to write jokes and 'be on,' so when I'm finally off stage, I just want to sit.

I will have a playlist ready that I'll play out to the audience before I walk on stage, and I'll listen to that same playlist in the room, so by the time I walk on stage, I'm in the same frame of mind the audience is.

There's a band called Pantera that I listen to, and then Metallica's 'And Justice for All.' If you listen to a little bit of that before you go on stage, you're pretty much set for the whole show.

When I am not shooting, I stay as far away from make up as possible and let my skin breathe!

I like to spend time alone before I go on stage.

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

Some people meditate, I like doing my makeup. It very much relaxes me.

I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises - something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it's just going faster than it should.

My wild days are made up of wigs, a spray tan, nails, fashion, and looks… I feel the most beautiful when I'm getting into my mode and it can take a really long time, like 3 to 4 hours sometimes.

I love my job, but it can be a little stressful at times. And reading has become a really healthy escape.

I feel super happy when I put on a sheet mask after washing my face.