We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.
We're always driven by our mindset and feeling on a particular show day, so you'll never know what you'll get until you see it happen in the ring.
I've always felt myself as being a serious singer.
Chicago is pretty much my favorite city to perform in. For some reason, people from the Chicago area have an amazing attitude.
I can look back now and say, 'Aw, that was a little dumb taking huge bumps onto concrete before a couple of hundred fans,' but if it wasn't for that attitude and that type of work ethic, I never would have gotten to WWE.
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie.
That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.
No player in this league - they might be really, really good and they look like they're playing nonchalant, but they're not.
I love having a costume for The Vixen as getting into the look allows me to be a bit more snarky and snippy.
