Maggie Rogers Quotes

I think touring is hard.

A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

Being on tour is a giggle.

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.

A lot of bands live and breathe out of hotels. I just happen to be the one that lives on my bus. I have camped and RVed my entire life.

Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.

Being on the road has about 2 1/2 hours a day that are really great, and that's when you're onstage. The other 21 1/2 hours are very boring... It becomes like a void, and we chose to fill it with all the wrong things.

I guess I found the life as a musician too counterproductive, as so much time was spent in tour buses & remote hotel rooms. As I am moderately hyperactive, this didn't suit my temper.

Ninety percent of touring is a logistical maneuver, moving your body and everyone else's from one city to the next. You're like a piece of gear. Then you jump out of the box, get onstage, and play. That sounds cynical, but it sucks to move around so much.

After leaving Queen, I decided to stop doing those mega-four-month tours. I go out for a month, and my dog recognizes me when I come home.

I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome.

When you give your life over to your touring schedule, it's so grueling, you have to have moments where you have your own comfort places.

The great thing about being on tour is that... the band plays at night and other than that we have a lot of free time.

I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll.

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go down. But there's a lot more to it than that. There are a lot of early mornings, late nights, a lot of traveling, a lot of being away from home, being away from your family.

Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.

I love being on tour and having my own tour bus.

After shows my face feels dirty with makeup and sweat, especially in the smaller venues, so it feels good to get back to the bus and smooth it away. Sometimes you need something alcohol-based, especially on tour when you don't always get a chance to keep washing your face all the time.

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.

Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.

You never get tired of the buzz of touring.

I'm dedicated to touring the rest of my life.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.