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title: "30 Playing Shows Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Playing Shows quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Playing Shows sayings and thoughts."
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> [Playing shows is great, but so is being at home for your son's little league games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-tedeschi/playing-shows-is-great-but-so-is-being-at-home-for-your-son-s-little/)

[Susan Tedeschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-tedeschi/)

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> [Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-richman/playing-shows-and-making-records-keeps-been-getting-easier-and-more/)

[Jonathan Richman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-richman/)

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> [I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gin-wigmore/i-love-playing-shows-that-s-the-time-i-have-to-really-share-what-i-am/)

[Gin Wigmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gin-wigmore/)

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> [For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chino-moreno/for-me-the-best-part-of-being-in-a-band-is-playing-shows-all-the-raw/)

[Chino Moreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chino-moreno/)

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> [The only regular exercise I do is playing my shows, which are basically two hours of aerobics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kt-tunstall/the-only-regular-exercise-i-do-is-playing-my-shows-which-are/)

[KT Tunstall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kt-tunstall/)

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> [Playing shows is a feeling like no other. That's definitely one of my favourite things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-flip/playing-shows-is-a-feeling-like-no-other-that-s-definitely-one-of-my/)

[G Flip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-flip/)

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> [The best part of touring has to be playing shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-hince/the-best-part-of-touring-has-to-be-playing-shows/)

[Jamie Hince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-hince/)

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> [The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-finn/the-point-of-being-in-a-band-for-instance-isn-t-to-get-big-it-s-about/)

[Craig Finn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-finn/)

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> [Last year at this time, we were driving around playing shows near Sheffield. Now, it feels like we'll at least have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/last-year-at-this-time-we-were-driving-around-playing-shows-near/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

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> [I make a living off of playing shows; the albums only make me a fraction of what I make off of shows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/girl-talk/i-make-a-living-off-of-playing-shows-the-albums-only-make-me-a/)

[Girl Talk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/girl-talk/)

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> [Hmmmm... It's fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That's different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandmaster-flash/hmmmm-it-s-fun-being-in-front-of-people-playing-shows-and-all-but/)

[Grandmaster Flash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grandmaster-flash/)

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> [Playing shows in small venues where you can see everyone's faces is such a different experience, I love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruel/playing-shows-in-small-venues-where-you-can-see-everyone-s-faces-is/)

[Ruel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruel/)

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> [Doing something that is your passion, in my case related to music and art, being a performer playing shows around the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-jauregui/doing-something-that-is-your-passion-in-my-case-related-to-music-and/)

[Lauren Jauregui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-jauregui/)

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> [I love playing shows and travelling - but I'm not about to cart myself around the world with inferior product. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/i-love-playing-shows-and-travelling-but-i-m-not-about-to-cart-myself/)

[Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/)

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> [That's why I love playing shows, you've got thousands of people sharing their personal passion for the music with each other, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-greenwood/that-s-why-i-love-playing-shows-you-ve-got-thousands-of-people/)

[Colin Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-greenwood/)

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> [The fans have been an enormous influence on my career. Playing shows around the world and connecting with them is such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hardwell/the-fans-have-been-an-enormous-influence-on-my-career-playing-shows/)

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

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> [I guess I wanted to emulate the artists that my parents were listening to when I was growing up. I've always had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jaffe/i-guess-i-wanted-to-emulate-the-artists-that-my-parents-were/)

[Sarah Jaffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jaffe/)

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> [So over time, playing shows - after every show we would have pow-wow, I would have notes and we'd go over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solange-knowles/so-over-time-playing-shows-after-every-show-we-would-have-pow-wow-i/)

[Solange Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solange-knowles/)

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> [I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/i-was-seeing-kids-my-age-playing-shows-at-their-parents-houses-or-the/)

[Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/)

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> [When we first started playing shows, we were all 17. Everybody started somewhere. There were guys throwing shows in condemned houses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-sandoval/when-we-first-started-playing-shows-we-were-all-17-everybody-started/)

[Sonny Sandoval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-sandoval/)

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> [The exciting part about sitting down and writing songs, playing shows, or being a musician in general is that you never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-colton/the-exciting-part-about-sitting-down-and-writing-songs-playing-shows/)

[Graham Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-colton/)

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> [In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-pink/in-the-years-between-2000-and-2004-i-always-got-the-feeling-that/)

[Ariel Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-pink/)

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> [It'll never be the same as it is here. We'd been playing shows all over and it's been building up really slowly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/it-ll-never-be-the-same-as-it-is-here-we-d-been-playing-shows-all/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

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> [At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-vincent-mcmorrow/at-the-end-of-the-day-music-is-a-grind-you-re-constantly-working-at/)

[James Vincent McMorrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-vincent-mcmorrow/)

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> [The best part of touring is playing the shows. I mean, that is the point of touring, at least for me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-osborne/the-best-part-of-touring-is-playing-the-shows-i-mean-that-is-the/)

[Buzz Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-osborne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/buzz-osborne-17099_always_the-best-part-of-touring-is-playing-the_744941.jpg)

> [Playing shows is really fun. And writing music is really fun. But going on tour for a year is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tunde-adebimpe/playing-shows-is-really-fun-and-writing-music-is-really-fun-but-going/)

[Tunde Adebimpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tunde-adebimpe/)

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> [I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lykke-li/i-want-to-get-my-music-out-there-i-enjoy-playing-shows-i-just-don-t/)

[Lykke Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lykke-li/)

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> [I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verite/i-started-when-i-was-really-young-i-was-playing-with-my-dad-when-i/)

[Verite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verite/)

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> [I'll always be playing shows. Even when I'm a crazy granny wearing weird old granny clothes and wandering around with dementia, I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-nash/i-ll-always-be-playing-shows-even-when-i-m-a-crazy-granny-wearing/)

[Kate Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-nash/)

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> [Moving to San Francisco affected me in a pretty profound way, in a lot of respects. I think it helped me evolve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tycho/moving-to-san-francisco-affected-me-in-a-pretty-profound-way-in-a-lot/)

[Tycho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tycho/)

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