--- title: "28 Headlining Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 28 Headlining quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Headlining sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tobias-forge-6470_america_by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-a_215632.jpg" --- > [By sheer luck, we did our first tour of America as a headlining act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-forge/by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-america-as-a-headlining-act/) [Tobias Forge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-forge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tobias-forge-6470_america_by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-a_215632.jpg) > [I just want to become a headlining entertainer at arenas and do it that big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keyshia-cole/i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-entertainer-at-arenas-and-do-it/) [Keyshia Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keyshia-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/keyshia-cole-3345_become_i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-enter_1781256.png) > [I never dreamt to be headlining a pay-per-view card. That was never a goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikey-garcia/i-never-dreamt-to-be-headlining-a-pay-per-view-card-that-was-never-a/) [Mikey Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikey-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/mikey-garcia-5856_card_i-never-dreamt-to-be-headlining-a-pay-pe_795811.jpg) > [It's a huge deal for us to have our own headlining tour and our name on the ticket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-ramsey/it-s-a-huge-deal-for-us-to-have-our-own-headlining-tour-and-our-name/) [Matthew Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-ramsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/matthew-ramsey-11408_deal_it-s-a-huge-deal-for-us-to-have-our-own_2988771.jpg) > [When I'm headlining something like the Up in Smoke Tour, that's when I'm headlining something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xzibit/when-i-m-headlining-something-like-the-up-in-smoke-tour-that-s-when-i/) [Xzibit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xzibit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/xzibit-4550_like_when-i-m-headlining-something-like-the-u_829882.png) > [I plan on headlining WrestleMania by WrestleMania 35.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayley/i-plan-on-headlining-wrestlemania-by-wrestlemania-35/) [Bayley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/bayley-6584_plan_i-plan-on-headlining-wrestlemania-by-wre_1992249.jpg) > [I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-oliveira/i-ve-been-fighting-in-the-ufc-for-five-years-now-and-it-s-about-time/) [Charles Oliveira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-oliveira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/charles-oliveira-6109_about_i-ve-been-fighting-in-the-ufc-for-five-y_1969837.jpg) > [Headlining a UFC card is what I have always wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-sanchez/headlining-a-ufc-card-is-what-i-have-always-wanted/) [Diego Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-sanchez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/diego-sanchez-4641_always_headlining-a-ufc-card-is-what-i-have-alw_600821.jpg) > [Headlining can be sort of solitary - you're sort of on your own out there, and you start to feel for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-antonoff/headlining-can-be-sort-of-solitary-you-re-sort-of-on-your-own-out/) [Jack Antonoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-antonoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/jack-antonoff-3726_change_headlining-can-be-sort-of-solitary-you-r_1043891.png) > [Full circle: 2014 I go from playing on the street to getting invited to play on stage, now 2016 I'm headlining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masego/full-circle-2014-i-go-from-playing-on-the-street-to-getting-invited/) [Masego](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masego/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/masego-10106_circle_full-circle-2014-i-go-from-playing-on-th_3180206.jpg) > [I think when you evolve into a headlining act and things get bigger, the intimacy, and some of that energy gets lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-levox/i-think-when-you-evolve-into-a-headlining-act-and-things-get-bigger/) [Gary LeVox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-levox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/gary-levox-68344_bigger_i-think-when-you-evolve-into-a-headlinin_665697.jpg) > [Being a member of the Grand Ole Opry and headlining a tour would be our two things that we'd love to accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maddie-marlow/being-a-member-of-the-grand-ole-opry-and-headlining-a-tour-would-be/) [Maddie Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maddie-marlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/maddie-marlow-8717_accomplish_being-a-member-of-the-grand-ole-opry-and_2506519.jpg) > [There are so many bands that after their second record are headlining music festivals, and they're still... suited to playing in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/there-are-so-many-bands-that-after-their-second-record-are-headlining/) [James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/james-righton-9782_festival_there-are-so-many-bands-that-after-their_3141643.jpg) > [If there were a way to get great at headlining without going anywhere and sleeping in your own bed every night, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-tomlinson/if-there-were-a-way-to-get-great-at-headlining-without-going-anywhere/) [Taylor Tomlinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-tomlinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/taylor-tomlinson-9678_every-night_if-there-were-a-way-to-get-great-at-head_1996108.jpg) > [That was the moment. When I walked on the stage at that first headlining show, I thought, I hope I get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayley-williams/that-was-the-moment-when-i-walked-on-the-stage-at-that-first/) [Hayley Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayley-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/hayley-williams-2010_life_that-was-the-moment-when-i-walked-on-the_32732.png) > [Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/once-we-started-headlining-at-the-fillmore-east-we-were-free-to-play/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/butch-trucks-7646_could_once-we-started-headlining-at-the-fillmo_267949.jpg) > [We pulled up to our first headlining show at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, a tiny, tiny room, but we sold it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayley-williams/we-pulled-up-to-our-first-headlining-show-at-the-beat-kitchen-in/) [Hayley Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayley-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/hayley-williams-2010_headlining_we-pulled-up-to-our-first-headlining-sho_1183791.jpg) > [I think certainly after every show I headline, I will be available to the fans. When I'm headlining a show, I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-bryan/i-think-certainly-after-every-show-i-headline-i-will-be-available-to/) [Luke Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-bryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/luke-bryan-2706_available_i-think-certainly-after-every-show-i-hea_2180250.jpg) > [When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/when-you-re-headlining-people-are-paying-to-come-see-you-specifically/) [J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/j-cole-2-3527_different_when-you-re-headlining-people-are-paying_543497.jpg) > [After over 50 years of headlining, I've been received very beautifully. But I always say, when you're onstage, you can't please everybody.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-rickles/after-over-50-years-of-headlining-i-ve-been-received-very-beautifully/) [Don Rickles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-rickles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/don-rickles-1705_always_after-over-50-years-of-headlining-i-ve-b_1149690.png) > [You open up a lot of tours making nothing just for the fact that you need to start somewhere and get some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/you-open-up-a-lot-of-tours-making-nothing-just-for-the-fact-that-you/) [G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/g-eazy-1910_money_you-open-up-a-lot-of-tours-making-nothin_2541754.jpg) > [I really love headlining. Opening up is fun - getting to play for all these people who might not know you -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-kurstin/i-really-love-headlining-opening-up-is-fun-getting-to-play-for-all/) [Greg Kurstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-kurstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/greg-kurstin-26218_feedback_i-really-love-headlining-opening-up-is-f_973346.jpg) > [After 'Insane In The Brain' came out, we started doing our own tours, headlining stuff. It just pretty much changed our situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-real/after-insane-in-the-brain-came-out-we-started-doing-our-own-tours/) [B-Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-real/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/b-real-4831_brain_after-insane-in-the-brain-came-out-we-st_212927.png) > [I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-goldsmith/i-know-a-lot-of-bands-that-will-make-their-first-record-and-get-to-a-2/) [Taylor Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/taylor-goldsmith-9795_go_i-know-a-lot-of-bands-that-will-make-the_1486231.jpg) > [I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-goldsmith/i-know-a-lot-of-bands-that-will-make-their-first-record-and-get-to-a/) [Taylor Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/taylor-goldsmith-9795_money_i-know-a-lot-of-bands-that-will-make-the_690099.jpg) > [I think most artists start off playing in front of people and are used to doing it before they go out. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-marie-presley/i-think-most-artists-start-off-playing-in-front-of-people-and-are/) [Lisa Marie Presley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-marie-presley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/lisa-marie-presley-8719_art_i-think-most-artists-start-off-playing-i_2025915.jpg) > [It's fun when you've opened for someone at a venue, and then years go by, and now you're headlining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-segura/it-s-fun-when-you-ve-opened-for-someone-at-a-venue-and-then-years-go/) [Tom Segura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-segura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/tom-segura-16783_fun_it-s-fun-when-you-ve-opened-for-someone_2397650.jpg) > [You can't manufacture the feeling of being in a small crowd and connecting on every single level to the very last person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/you-can-t-manufacture-the-feeling-of-being-in-a-small-crowd-and/) [Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/jay-demarcus-6808_crowd_you-can-t-manufacture-the-feeling-of-bei_2756566.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/headlining/#itemlist", "name": "Headlining Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By sheer luck, we did our first tour of America as a headlining act.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tobias Forge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-forge/by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-america-as-a-headlining-act/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tobias-forge-6470_america_by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-a_215632.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tobias-forge-6470_america_by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-a_215632.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tobias-forge-6470_america_by-sheer-luck-we-did-our-first-tour-of-a_215632.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By sheer luck, we did our first tour of America as a headlining act.” — Tobias Forge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just want to become a headlining entertainer at arenas and do it that big.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Keyshia Cole" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keyshia-cole/i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-entertainer-at-arenas-and-do-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/keyshia-cole-3345_become_i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-enter_1781256.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/keyshia-cole-3345_become_i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-enter_1781256.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/keyshia-cole-3345_become_i-just-want-to-become-a-headlining-enter_1781256.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just want to become a headlining entertainer at arenas and do it that big.” — Keyshia Cole", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never dreamt to be headlining a pay-per-view card. 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