Shirley Ann Manson Quotes

Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do breathing exercises, per se, but I definitely have to have a sort of internal word with myself before things got completely out of hand and I fainted on the floor.

Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish

• Exercise
• Calm
• Breathing
• Overwhelming

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• Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do breathing exercises, per se, but I definitely have to have a sort of internal word with myself before things got completely out of hand and I fainted on the floor.

  

  Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish
  • Exercise
  • Calm
  • Breathing