Run with What You Brung

Today I had an experience that reminded me of one of Tony the Tenor's sayings: "Run with what you brung". It was a phrase originally pertaining to race cars - i.e. however it shakes out on race day, just race it - but he ported it over to singing, and used it as a way to counter the ever-present feeling that a singer has when it comes time to perform - i.e. that they are sub-par and not ready. In other words, just get into performance mode and deliver, and just let the voice do what the voice will do. You can't control everything... but you can control your thoughts.