Quotes About Touring

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.

That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.

I want to keep working really hard at getting better at stand-up and touring, and I can't imagine a time when I won't want to do that. But, who knows?

I don't know if people realize how much I tour and how much time I spend writing, but I really enjoy it.

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

I do not try to duplicate anyone's success; I am just really inspired by what they have done. I like the fact that The Roots can tour extensively, put out albums, and be so well received; that takes a lot of work. I really admire that, and it's something that I try to attain myself.

If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.

In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

We were on the road playing when we started acquiring gold records.

I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road.

We're on the road 300 days a year. There's no recovery time. It's a test of your physical and mental endurance.

Being married has not affected my career at all other than just making me happier to be on the road.

Scotty Johnson is a guy who I've worked with on a lot of my tours and albums, and I'm always blown away by his musical knowledge and playing.

Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

We definitely get respect as far as the musicianship, working hard and being road dogs.

When I'm touring, I have to think of workouts that don't require a gym.

A touring band is a family and a workplace at the same time, and you're living with people you didn't necessarily choose every day for up to a year.

It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night - truly inspirational.