Big Quote by Russell Howard

The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of people.

— Katie Melua

I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do…

— Margaret Cho

There's a lot of downtime when we're not on stage leading up to the gigs.

— Jeff Gutt

I'm not the kind of person that can do the same thing over and over and over, so that's why touring, playing in a…

— Jake Shimabukuro

When you're on tour. there's a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what we want.…

— Robert Del Naja

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that…

— Mike Stern

There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

— Travis Barker

The great thing about being on tour is that... the band plays at night and other than that we have a lot of free…

— Aaron Dessner

There's a tendency to make more money at concerts. That's from a financial standpoint. Night clubs have a better feel, better contact between the…

— Al Green

It's always ideal if the production that you're taking out on tour is the one that you spent two weeks rehearsing with, and you…

— Tobias Forge

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

— Jamelia

For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.'

— Jim Kerr