Building Quote by Michael Rapino

There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.

— Martin Gore

The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's…

— Vivian Campbell

Touring definitely helps sell albums. Things have changed. I've noticed now more than ever when you market an album, get radio play/video play etc.…

— Classified

If you dont tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an…

— Kerry King

Touring is really a pretty lonely business.

— Eddy Arnold

In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've…

— Jack Antonoff

[Touring] is not necessarily a priority. It's just a part of who I am as a performer. That's obviously why I'm doing it; why…

— Van Morrison

Touring is what we work so hard for - performing every night to huge crowds and getting to see all our fans close up.

— Perrie Edwards

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

Touring takes a lot of work, a lot of preparation.

— Mack Wilberg

I wish records got made faster and looser with less thought in them, but since touring is so much more profitable than records, you…

— Britt Daniel

When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music…

— Mark Kozelek