John Gourley Quotes

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring.

I love watching live music. It's one of the reasons I love living in Austin, Texas, because there is so much live music.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.

If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and 'Python' achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it.

For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that.

I landed gigs touring with The Jonas Brothers and Britney Spears!

I love performing live and engaging with my fans on-ground.

Cheap Trick has played with every band on the planet.

I'm a massive fan of Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, and Justin Timberlake.

For us, if you're a rock band, there's no way around it. You have to tour. You have to tour a whole lot.

I grew up going to rock shows, and the lines of rock n' roll cross over with wrestling so much.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

I like the new, cool, swinging Justin Timberlake.

Most of my read on America is through looking through the front windshield of a bus and hanging out with country music fans backstage.

Live shows are really big for me. I want to do as many of those as I can.

I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.

We always go out looking for live music after our shows.

I wanted to stop while we were still getting big hits. The only thing I miss is the actual performing.

It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.

As a rock fan, you read of the big labels and the multinationals and the big tours with road crews and semi-trailers full of gear, and playing stadiums. In the '90s, that's what we did.

In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to travel between gigs.

I love listening to hip-hop and going to concerts with Jerome Boateng; it's my hobby.