Lee Ann Womack Quotes

I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly.

I'm like any working mom.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.

I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

Of course having a baby derails the writing process for some time. And I will be the first to say that I have essentially no social life, because there's just nothing left after being a mom, professor, and writer. I used to be big into rock climbing. No more. A lot falls by the wayside.

It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.

Any woman who has a career and a family automatically develops something in the way of two personalities, like two sides of a dollar bill, each different in design.... Her problem is to keep one from draining the life from the other.

From, like, two, three years old, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson and just wanted to be on stage with him. And my mum put me in dance classes, but I had a lot of social anxiety and didn't want to be around people; I didn't like to look at anyone in the eye, so that was a difficult thing to get over.

I believe that comfort level is crucial for a performer.

I throw up before every show. I'm thinking about just making it part of the act.

It's two different brains: the mom brain that's, like, selfless and ego-free, and the on-stage 'Look at me. Like, listen to my song. Hope you like it.' There, it is all ego.

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!

It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage.

When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.

My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

I never sing under the shower, I keep it for the stage.

It's pretty intense to have someone (the camera) looming there when you are singing a song but it's sort of invigorating too.