Culmination Quote by Michael Stipe

We toured for ten years. I mean, we weren't home for more than a month, probably, a year.

— Lacey Sturm

I only toured for three months. As soon as I got off [tour], I was just dying to start recording, because it was on…

— Avril Lavigne

It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended…

— Thomas Dolby

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of…

— Nuno Bettencourt

I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.

— Nate Ruess

We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring.

— Daniel Johns

I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.

— Teena Marie

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a…

— Beck

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but…

— Jerry Harrison

We did three records in three years and I don't know how many world tours, and we were just in our early 20s. And…

— Charlotte Caffey

Touring has been a new part of my life in a lot of ways. We've just been touring massively since the record came out…

— ZZ Ward

When we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our…

— Kathy Valentine