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title: "9 Years Touring Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Years Touring quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Years Touring sayings and thoughts."
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> [I started touring a little bit in 1973 in support of a record I made for an independent label. In 1975, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franks/i-started-touring-a-little-bit-in-1973-in-support-of-a-record-i-made/)

[Michael Franks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-franks/)

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> [Audioslave was something that I felt had become a career decision. It became three albums over a period of years touring with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/audioslave-was-something-that-i-felt-had-become-a-career-decision-it/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

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> [I feel like I've paid a really heavy cost, a really heavy physical health cost, for the years of touring and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-james/i-feel-like-i-ve-paid-a-really-heavy-cost-a-really-heavy-physical/)

[Jim James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-james/)

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> [After years of touring you experience music festivals that are mostly the same - where you copy and paste the same experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-dessner/after-years-of-touring-you-experience-music-festivals-that-are-mostly/)

[Aaron Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-dessner/)

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> [One thing a lot of people don't know about Fun. was that the three of us all came from 10 years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-antonoff/one-thing-a-lot-of-people-don-t-know-about-fun-was-that-the-three-of/)

[Jack Antonoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-antonoff/)

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> [I've had a very, very interesting view of the planet over the last 30 years, touring as excessively as I have. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-sambora/i-ve-had-a-very-very-interesting-view-of-the-planet-over-the-last-30/)

[Richie Sambora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-sambora/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/richie-sambora-13569_evocative_i-ve-had-a-very-very-interesting-view-of_1855903.png)

> [Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a really huge help moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washed-out/over-a-year-s-time-i-felt-like-i-squeezed-in-five-years-of-touring/)

[Washed Out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washed-out/)

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> [But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandi-carlile/but-now-with-the-last-two-years-of-touring-and-being-on-the-road-i-ve/)

[Brandi Carlile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandi-carlile/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/brandi-carlile-10844_i-ve-learned_but-now-with-the-last-two-years-of-touri_2248508.jpg)

> [After 10 years, I have been touring for 20, playing basically the same type of music, a four-piece or three-piece type of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-grohl/after-10-years-i-have-been-touring-for-20-playing-basically-the-same/)

[Dave Grohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-grohl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/dave-grohl-1713_fields_after-10-years-i-have-been-touring-for-2_2014301.png)

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