Quotes About Travel

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words.

I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian.

In general, I pack really simply. Every shirt that I pack is going to work with every pant that I pack and every sweater that I pack. So, I can mix and match easily.

When I travel, it makes me wish I looked completely polished all the time. I don't. I live in sweats.

I grew up all over the world, including countries such as Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., and Kuwait.

I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.

I remember there was days when I would do six, seven countries in a day, you'd just be flying around and I'd get up in the morning and not know what I was doing. In one day I'd fly to Belgium and then off to Sweden and then do a gig in Leeds, I literally didn't know what I was doing from day to day.

My dream is to have a bed of my own in Los Angeles and one in Sweden.

Spending time in Sweden on loan was one of the best things I ever did.

My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.

I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.

You don't take food home from restaurants in Sweden.

I still live in Sweden. That's my base. When I'm not working, I'm there.

My dad played in Iceland and I think went over to Sweden for a couple of years.

I miss Swedish meatballs, but you can get them pretty much anywhere.

I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.

I remember dawn coming up over the Strait of Malacca; ragamuffin kids on the dock in Sumatra laughing as they pelted us with bananas; collecting dead flying fish off the deck and bringing them to our sweet, fat, toothless Danish cook to fry up for breakfast.

Transatlantic flights are unflattering. Hairstyles flop. Makeup melts away. Faces shrivel or swell from dehydration, and contact lenses give way to spectacles.

Just getting from the airport straight to the gym is gonna be your best bet to knock off that rust and wake yourself up and get that blood flowing. You sit in a car or a plane cramped up, you lose a lot of blood flow and get that swelling in your legs. There are all kinds of dangers in sitting still too long.

Even in downtown office areas, people would probably beg for a shuttle bus service to ferry them swiftly to the railway stations and bus stations, instead of forcing them to travel squashed up in shared-taxis.

I was the guy on the swim team entertaining the bus on the way to the meets.

I like swimming. I like the beach. I like fast cars. I like speedboats.

A lot of times, when we travel, a lot of people on the road have the Switch going. We will all connect on the Switch and play the games against each other. It's obviously the healthier alternative than partying, but it's great.

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.