Touring Quotes · Page 11

I don't plan on touring and doing stand-up forever. I want to make movies.

— Nate Bargatze

Right now I can't be sure that I will be back on stage. We have been touring for two years and that…

— Mick Jagger

I'm actually enjoying the touring life, although the worst part is being away from my three young children.

— Chesney Hawkes

The best part of a MacArthur is having some pressure taken off from touring relentlessly.

— Rhiannon Giddens

Honestly, taking some time away from touring and music in general was probably a really good thing for me.

— Jesse Rutherford

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

— Bob Dylan

We'd been out touring for a couple of years before we signed with Sony and everything.

— Luke Combs

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.

— Tift Merritt

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band,…

— Cliff Martinez

There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself,…

— Peter Steele

I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get…

— Trent Reznor

All the things people hate about touring, I'm excited for, because I've never done it before. I'm excited to see places I've…

— Phoebe Bridgers

In Free, we managed ourselves, and it was too tough for us to handle all of what that entailed when we got…

— Paul Rodgers

The most important part about playing shows and touring, is connecting with fans. At the end of the day it's not really…

— Hayley Williams

When we were touring with The Mighty Boosh, we went on a ghost tour of York. It was all about ghosts, and…

— Rich Fulcher

Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting…

— Hannibal Buress

After we finished touring 'Ignore The Ignorant' we had this perfect idea that we were going to take a couple of years…

— Ryan Jarman

The Telephone Tour with Noname was a beautiful experience. Because this was only my second tour, I was not quite prepared for…

— Ravyn Lenae

But still it's like I said, when you hop in a cab in Italy and the guy doesn't speak English, uhh, you…

— Vinnie Paul

I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American…

— Paloma Faith

... even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not…

— Vince Gill

“These are war stories. When you’re on tour, short of loss of life and limb – or actual death – you have…

— Steven Tyler

I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their…

— Ben Lovett

Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both…

— Irving Azoff

I started touring in 2006, and there was an agreement made for merchandise between my mom and myself.

— Dweezil Zappa

We are so excited to be touring and showing audiences the versatility of the cello.

— Stjepan Hauser

INXS’ touring days could never last forever. We wanted it to end on a high. And it has.

— Jon Farriss

Touring is really a weird social experiment, even though everyone thinks it's a party every day.

— Babatunde Adebimpe

I love being on tour; I love being on the road. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I live for it; I…

— Kat Graham

You live the life of a gipsy when you are on tour, and that's not ideal for family life.

— Mick Hucknall

There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often.

— Matt Skiba

For some reason, I don't spend enough time getting to see my family because I'm always touring or working or whatnot.

— Wayne Static

When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school.

— Michael Jackson

We love being on tour. It's what we do, what we're all about, and we enjoy doing that more than anything.

— Ric Sanders

The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.

— Julian Casablancas

Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone.

— Paolo Nutini

I like touring, I like being in the studio, a bit of both. I like to have a bit of time at…

— John Deacon

We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.

— Billy Sherwood

“When you’re on the road, you don’t really have to deal with real life. It’s almost like hitting the pause button.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

Touring is always important to me. It's like a big IOU to my fans, because I know they are the reason I…

— Katy Perry