Trisha Yearwood Quotes

Here's what I tell people now when they come to my shows: 'First of all, thank you for stimulating the economy, or at least my economic package.'

I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

I'm not one of those spoiled rock stars who complains about how tedious it is to perform my old hits.

We owe America something because they turned us into a touring band. But at least we feel confident about appearing in Britain again now. Hyde park was the first time over here for ages.

I'm just thankful for gigs.

You don't write on tour; it takes all your concentrating to make the gig - that's survival technique. Afterwards, you run around town to find interesting hipsters and go to all the interesting spots. You got to go to every hotspot until everything has closed down.

I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America.

I will always tour, it's hard work it really is hard work, but the feedback and the buzz you get back from it is worth it.

People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we've never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus.

I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing musicians, so that's what we do.

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

I want people to know that I appreciate every piece of music they buy and every concert ticket because that's what keeps this going. Knowing that people are coming to the shows and enjoying my music makes every long day worth it.

Being a musician means I am 'hanging out' a lot, like driving on tour or being at a show or whatever, so maybe there's more time to interact with peers and develop jokes.

As a touring musician over the last 15 years, before streaming and iPods, you had to listen to terrestrial radio wherever you were. That's always been my way of connecting to a location. Turn on the radio, search through the dial.

Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage.

My favorite thing is to just run into fans coincidentally.

When I first started as a cover band, I built everything based on hanging out every night after the shows and talking to as many people as I can and making relationships.

The only thing I like about doing autograph shows is that the people who used to be fans are so wonderful. They'll come over and give such wonderful compliments.

Harry Styles threw a cream pie at my face in front of 15,000 people to thank me for the months we spent on the road.

The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.

I've had Motley fans come up to me and talk to me about Motley. I've had other fans talk to me about all the backing vocals and the tapes. I just ask them, 'At the end of the day, did you have a good time?' That's it.

I have so much gratitude that I get to do this for a living and that I actually have fans who come to the shows and buy the records and support me online.

We were touring the States tied to a load of drum machines and sequencers and synthesizers, playing to hundreds of thousands of people and yet feeling strangely removed from the music.

When I'm getting a chance to do my job or make somebody's day, and be on stage where I love, and see all the fans having fun, you can't help but smile.