Quotes About Exhaustion

Stagger's whole being emanated exhaustion. His eyes were red and sunken. His normal five o'clock shadow had darkened into something closer to midnight. His shoulders stooped like a buzzard too tired to go after its prey. "You

A sudden head rush hit me as I entered. I stayed still, waiting for my legs to come back to me. When the dizziness receded, I headed into the kitchen and grabbed a glass of ice water. I drank it in big gulps and poured another. I would be hurting tomorrow, no question about it. Exhaustion

Myron opened his mouth to counter. Then he stopped. Exhaustion was starting to take over. "I'm not sure I have an answer to that," he said. "At the end of the day, I like to win. I don't know why. I like ice cream too. I don't know why either." Win frowned. "Impressive simile," he said flatly. "Hey, it's late." Myron

Jet lag is tough, to be honest. For me, it's much easier to force yourself to stay awake.

The 2008 season was very long and extremely hard - probably the toughest of my career.

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.

Playing shows is really fun. And writing music is really fun. But going on tour for a year is one of the more soul-crushing experiences you can have as a creative person.

When you record and tour year after year without a break, it starts to feel like you're on an assembly line.

It's very hard to tour.

I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.

We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did our manager and booking agent at the time, that we have really exhausted it, and we can't make money at this anymore.

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back.

I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard.

When you go on book tour, you're always talking about yourself and your book from the time you get up in the morning until you go out at night. You, you. You get really sick of yourself.

I'm not a tour rat. I'm not crazy about it.

I'm definitely sleep deprived - it is so hard to sleep on a tour bus! It moves around so much, and we have really weird time schedules.

The first time I toured with the 'Large Band' in 1988, I got so tired. If I just stood still anywhere, I could go to sleep. I was that tired. But I had to perform. And I did, and after that tour, I was much less fretful about going out onstage.

Being in Pentatonix, we basically toured year round, so it was tough to just get a break.

Touring can be quite a dull life.

Touring for two years is excruciating.

I could have tripled my money if I'd stayed. But I was just tired of the touring. It's a crazy life that you live at twice the normal speed.