Touring Quotes · Page 11

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

— Elton John

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

— Cole Swindell

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

— Ahmed Gallab

Out on Tour, it's a lot of big cities, and when you're on the course it can be like a circus.

— Viktor Hovland

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

— Debbie Reynolds

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

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

— Burning Spear

In my touring rig, there's a pedal drawer, where I'm able to switch pedals in and out, going into the front of…

— John Petrucci

I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or…

— Jonny Lang

I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of…

— Bryan Ferry

I'll Uber to who has the best expressos, and I'll take my iPad and go get a coffee... It's really given the…

— Philip Bailey

I like a challenge. I need to feel passionate about something. If I'm not passionate about it, I can't stand it. It…

— Tiesto

I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs,…

— Bob Seger

It was weird [touring with them]. It felt more like we were playing for Phoenix. They asked us because they're fans of…

— Mac DeMarco

As Run-D.M.C., you travel the world. But you get on a tour bus, you get off the tour bus, and then you're…

— Rev. Run

I think traveling as much as we do and being on the road, the craziest thing is probably having our own little…

— Kevin Jonas

What I love about the tours is the day to dayness of it all.. you meet so many people and travel so…

— Ben Howard

I do media every day I tour and the travel itself is a bit testing, so I don't get to do much…

— Ted Nugent

I've been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I…

— Moby

The only way the band could make any money was by going on tour. But going on tour meant we had to…

— Greg Saunier

“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need…

— Anonymous

I've been working with Peaches for a while as far as doing shows, maybe for the past two years. Everyone else seems…

— Cakes da killa

With touring, it's like you're in this car and you've got this much fuel. You know that if you drive carefully and…

— Lisa Gerrard

By the fourth or fifth record there was not a lot of time to sit around. We [The Replacements] stopped rehearsing. We…

— Paul Westerberg

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

— Tommy Shaw

The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed.

— Garance Dore

I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.

— Zakk Wylde

I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.

— The Weeknd

I'm lucky that I enjoy touring as much as I do. I'm not going to make a living just making records.

— Kurt Elling

'Loveless' was a really big record for me. It was what was keeping me alive when I was still touring with Redd…

— Brian Reitzell

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

— Moby

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

During and after college, I did a lot of biking and bike touring.

— Shannon Walker

Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again.

— David Longstreth

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

— Serj Tankian

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

I mean, it takes a large entourage to put on a tour. You can't have 'em sittin' around.

— Clint Black

I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work.

— Sia

I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.

— Natalie MacMaster