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title: "9 Playing Festivals Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Playing Festivals quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Playing Festivals sayings and thoughts."
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> [I always love playing festivals because you don't often get to see a lot of your friends play shows so it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-koma/i-always-love-playing-festivals-because-you-don-t-often-get-to-see-a/)

[Matthew Koma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-koma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/matthew-koma-14264_festival_i-always-love-playing-festivals-because_384674.jpg)

> [Electronic music is the first genre to realize how to use the music for marketing something else, which is playing festivals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-kan/electronic-music-is-the-first-genre-to-realize-how-to-use-the-music/)

[Justin Kan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-kan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/justin-kan-4459_club_electronic-music-is-the-first-genre-to-r_2750242.png)

> [All summer long; we'll be playing the festivals. We'll be Reading, we'll be Leeds, we'll be around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-kiedis/all-summer-long-we-ll-be-playing-the-festivals-we-ll-be-reading-we-ll/)

[Anthony Kiedis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-kiedis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/anthony-kiedis-2509_festivals_all-summer-long-we-ll-be-playing-the-fes_2765453.jpg)

> [As far as playing playing festivals and everything, I feel like that's what I was born to do. I'm an entertainer, hopefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gira/as-far-as-playing-playing-festivals-and-everything-i-feel-like-that-s/)

[Michael Gira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/michael-gira-15235_born_as-far-as-playing-playing-festivals-and_1266061.jpg)

> [Festivals are always fun. I went to a lot when I was younger and had money to go to them. I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-barnett/festivals-are-always-fun-i-went-to-a-lot-when-i-was-younger-and-had/)

[Courtney Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-barnett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/courtney-barnett-11533_bigs_festivals-are-always-fun-i-went-to-a-lot_2564292.jpg)

> [That's what's nice about playing festivals, too. You're on this huge, enormous stage and you've got 200,000 watts of power blowing your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-kubler/that-s-what-s-nice-about-playing-festivals-too-you-re-on-this-huge/)

[Tad Kubler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-kubler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/tad-kubler-40554_nice_that-s-what-s-nice-about-playing-festiva_623480.jpg)

> [When I was 14, I started playing in the bigger clubs in Holland and when I was 17, I started playing all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hardwell/when-i-was-14-i-started-playing-in-the-bigger-clubs-in-holland-and/)

[Hardwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hardwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/hardwell-6335_bigger_when-i-was-14-i-started-playing-in-the-b_222609.jpg)

> [I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-lucia/i-m-looking-forward-to-seeing-more-of-the-us-and-hopefully-spending/)

[St. Lucia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-lucia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/st-lucia-2349_europe_i-m-looking-forward-to-seeing-more-of-th_347637.jpg)

> [When you're playing festivals, you only get a half-hour. It's like a meat market. You don't get to be artistic. You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-mccombs/when-you-re-playing-festivals-you-only-get-a-half-hour-it-s-like-a/)

[Cass McCombs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-mccombs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/cass-mccombs-7112_artistic_when-you-re-playing-festivals-you-only-g_1671128.jpg)

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