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Quotes About Touring

Being a drag superstar, traveling the world and touring, it really is not as glamorous as you'd think it is. There's lots of airport drama and bags and buses and hotels. Dating and having a social life are impossible.
~ Violet Chachki
The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.
~ Julian Casablancas
But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go down. But there's a lot more to it than that. There are a lot of early mornings, late nights, a lot of traveling, a lot of being away from home, being away from your family.
~ Jason Aldean
I feel like I've spent the majority of my time touring and traveling, so if I reduced the actual time making music, it's probably four and a half years at the most.
~ Beck
I love to perform. But I don't like the traveling.
~ Del Shannon
Traveling a lot and touring, you're in and out of hotels, and you don't have any comforts around.
~ Conrad Sewell
I used to go to a lot of Pam Hogg shows. The thing about London Fashion Week is that, generally, we're on tour and traveling around, so it's very rare that I actually catch it. I like to go to Burberry because I know a few girls who work there. I kind of follow friends.
~ Alison Mosshart
I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
~ Mandy Patinkin
The playing is great. The traveling is tough. It's a hard thing.
~ Angus Young
Before I realized what was happening, everything blew up. I made 'Animals' when I was in high school, and literally, from that moment, I've been living a different life. I've been touring a lot, traveling a lot, doing great shows. I've been in the studio with my biggest idols.
~ Martin Garrix
Growing up, I played in different bands and did a lot of self-booked touring and traveling around, and my sister was driving us on tour, and we're playing for nobody and literally begging my friends that I went to high school with to buy tickets to our shows.
~ Lauv
I was on the road with my brothers, traveling around the world, and things would be going well, and what would happen was that I'd be in a city, and there would be no way I'd know where to eat because I would only be there for 12 hours, and we wouldn't know where to go.
~ Kevin Jonas
Juice was my bro. He believed in me early and was always genuine. We toured the world together. Some of my favorite memories was just traveling to different cities. Big bro a legend and I'm forever grateful for him giving me the opportunity to tour with him.
~ Lil Mosey
In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to travel between gigs.
~ Gord Downie
I must say that kids make it a lot harder process, especially having to live the life of a traveling recording artist.
~ Guy Sebastian
I hate touring beyond measure. I don't like all the travelling and the hotel rooms. But the hour and a half on stage each night keep me going.
~ Curt Smith
I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.
~ Elvis Costello
We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.
~ George Shearing
I think my biggest achievement is still going out on the road and wanting to make music on the road. It doesn't matter to me that I am still travelling around because I just love everything about it, I love the lifestyle, and I love being on stage.
~ Katie Melua
I want a number one record, I want to be travelling the world, I want to be playing in front of thousands of people.
~ Thomas Grennan
I love playing shows and travelling - but I'm not about to cart myself around the world with inferior product. I just won't do it. I don't need to do it.
~ Jim Kerr
I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.
~ Bobby Keys
I've always treated my career like independent. Everything that I got is because of myself, my own endorsements, my own touring myself.
~ Tyga
I've toured around the world. I've worked with men, women. I feel like I've been unusually lucky to have supportive friends around me, and I feel tremendously supportive about my peers. I can't wait to brag about how funny my friends are.
~ Tig Notaro