I'm not a big fan of flying. I definitely try to take the bus whenever I can. I've gotten a little bit better about it, but it was a pretty crippling thing for many years. I feel safer in a private plane.

She also sang a guest vocal on Jason Sellers' mid-1998 single "This Small Divide". Martina began performing with a local rock band The Penetrators in Wichita instead. "How Far" and "God's Will" from the same album both made top 20 at country radio as did her guest appearance on Jimmy Buffett's single "Trip Around the Sun".

McBride was signed to RCA Records in 1991 and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single "The Time Has Come. " Over time Martina McBride developed a pop-styled crossover sound similar to that of Faith Hill and Shania Twain and has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. S.