Touring Quotes · Page 13

Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.

— Leon Russell

When the tour is done, that's the end of the U.S. tour. We'll regroup and see what we're going to do.

— Alex Van Halen

I believe that intermittent live performance has cut short the writing lives of touring musicians.

— David Berman

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars. My own star on Hollywood Boulevard.

— Nickelback

I'm 30, and I've been touring since I was 15. So it's been a long journey to get here.

— Nita Strauss

Then we're going to take a lot of time off because in the last three years we've been touring continuously.

— Meg White

I love touring. If I could tour every day of my life, I would. It's my favorite thing to do.

— Ahmed Gallab

I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring.

— Elton John

Performing on stage is addictive. The adrenaline rush is exhilarating. When I stop touring for a couple weeks, I get antsy.

— Tom Green

Touring the world was almost like a side project that got out of control. It's like two incredibly demanding full-time jobs that…

— DanTDM

Starting young has definitely helped my success. All the experience I gained by touring with other players as a backing artist helped…

— Vonda Shepard

TALLAHASSEE LASSIE was a record I wrote with my mom. A number of other famous groups have also recorded it such as…

— Freddy Cannon

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just…

— Emily Haines

I did a lot of touring in my youth, and I learnt very quickly that giving is what it's all about. It's…

— Julie Andrews

I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just…

— Moby

The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call…

— Carlos Santana

I had been working my first record really hard and toured the heck out of it. I didn't have anything to write…

— Sara Watkins

Saturday mornings in spring should always start with a jolt of dance by Paul Taylor performed by Taylor 2. The touring ensemble,…

— Jennifer Dunning

You can't say the word 'queen' without a little bit of 'drama' in front of it, right? It comes with the territory.…

— Alyssa Edwards

U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York…

— Dave Barry

Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin saved my life. That's how I view them giving me a record deal, with nothing but love…

— Killer Mike

I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the…

— Dan Stevens

When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind…

— Trent Reznor

I learned from touring that my fans are really open-minded, musical, intelligent people and I feel like they want to come on…

— Josh Groban

On my tour, either they're coming to see me, or they're not.

— Cole Swindell

So many people moan about touring and say it's a chore. I don't know, they must be living on a different planet.

— Leo Sayer

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

— Debbie Reynolds

At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.

— Amy Lee

In my early twenties, the whole experience of going on tour was like losing myself in this slightly wild environment.

— Johnny Flynn

Touring can get really hard if you're not hitting some fashionable zeitgeist.

— KT Tunstall

Touring definitely makes you appreciate home more, so when I can be home, I like to stay home.

— Taylor Momsen

System is always System for me. If System's touring or making a record, I'm there.

— Shavo Odadjian

When I'm not touring I really enjoy the ease of cooking at home.

— Kate Nash

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring

— Glenn Danzig

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

— Dave Chappelle

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect…

— Matthew Lewis

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

— Norman Granz

Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.

— Serj Tankian

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

— Jake Shimabukuro

Out on a 30 day tour, you got nothing, but groupies and promoters to love you.

— Frank Zappa