John Entwistle Quotes

I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.

I've been touring now since about '68.

We love touring. We love being in front of the fans.

I always want to be touring.

The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage.

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.

Touring has been a major part of my career. I've done a lot of huge shows, including a 13-night sell-out stint at the Indoor Arena in Birmingham, playing to a total audience of 65,000.

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 enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

I actually did my first tour at the age of 10 with my dad, and it was as a country singer. We toured through Alaska, and he took me to sing at places like county fairs, hoedowns, backyard barbecues, you name it. We were usually passing around the hat for gas money to get to the next gig.

As soon as I'm in the studio for too long, I wanna be out on tour.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

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.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

I've been on the road since 1967.

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 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.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.

I do a lot of touring, yes, and I have my whole life ever since I was 19 years old, when I used to tour with Al Jarreau, Rickie Lee Jones, and Jackson Browne as a side musician.

My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.

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.

I had toured so much in the 1960s and 1970s that I wanted a break. I didn't go back touring until 1995.

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