touring quotes

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

I’ll be like Bob Hope, touring when I’m 100.

I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.

A lot of people can’t stand touring but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.

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

I don’t know if I’m selfless – I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that’s not completely selfless. But the truth is I’m not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That’s always been how I am.

Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time – it’s very routine. I’m not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it’s cool; it’s good for me.

Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it’s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You’d better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that’s really the only unique situation that’s going to be left.

Touring is hard on the body.

The reason I don’t tour is that I don’t know how to front a band. What would I do? I can’t really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.

I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I’m doing new stuff all the time.