Rhiannon Giddens Quotes

Philly has always been one of our favorite towns to play in, and the fans have been very loyal and very supportive over the years.

I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s.

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.

We are lucky to have a big fan base and that we can support ourselves doing live shows.

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live.

I really do try and play as many festivals as possible.

I always want to be touring.

As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone straight to the Arena shows, but we didn't want to.

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.

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

I don't mind doing the Who tours when they come along but I want to get out there and play.

I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

And the live show is still our main thing.

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

I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I'd be on the road six days a week, go home and change bags, and then be gone for another six days.

I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.

We owe it to the fans to do a tour around the world.

If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When you're on television, you're removed from that.

To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.

I've been a legitimate fan of Keith Urban's for a long time and have been to a bunch of his concerts.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.