Quotes About Performance

I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

We are literally touring the world, and people are listening to my music.

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

I love going out and touring, and maybe people understand that it's not about making a quick buck. Maybe that translates.

The touring for this album was definitely going to be the most intense touring we've done.

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am.

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.

One of the negative sides of a really intense arc as a touring band is there are big gaps in your memory because you're so exhausted.

You never get tired of the buzz of touring.

Touring is real demanding. You swing between sadness and euphoria. But for us to cry about it isn't fair.

I'm not going to do any more solo touring.

I've been touring now since about '68.

It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again.

I have a great time touring.

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

I don't like touring and it seemed to be getting on top of me in a big way.

In the past, we never really had that kind of spontaneity on record. When you start touring, you play songs in a certain way and then I start to feel like it's tough to really get lost in my playing.

I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

I felt pressured by continuous touring.

Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording.

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.