George Strait Quotes

I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a show and you move onto the next city. All you have to do is do the show. That's the only responsibility that you have.

Playing a show is a monumental hassle. You've got to schlep all your heavy equipment into the van, then you've got to drive for five hours, then you have to schlep all the heavy equipment out of the van, onto the stage, set it up, do the sound check, hang around for three hours, then play the show, which is incredibly draining.

After two world tours where we played every state but Greenland, I only saw the inside of a hotel. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but it did get tiring.

Hmmmm... It's fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That's different.

I've been traveling around to play music since before I even had a driver's license.

Touring is great because I love to travel.

You never get tired of the buzz of touring.

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.

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous.

It seems effortless and fun, and obviously it's hard work, but we love road life.

There's parts of touring I like. I like the actual performance part, but the bit when you're in the airport waiting at the carousel for your bags to come around, I don't like that a bit.

I think touring is hard.

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.

I did some traveling as an amateur and always loved the different places I saw.

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

I'm doing a lot of stand-up, but not like when you're living in New York and you can do three sets a night and it's your life, and you sleep all day and you wake up and you eat with a bunch of other comics and then get ready for the night.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

I'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.

But I don't mind, I'm a bit of a touring animal. When I'm on tour that is the greatest thrill for me, playing to a live audience.

For a DJ at my level, you can really go through life and travel the world without seeing a single thing. It's harder to go out and see the sights than it is to play a show.

We play a long show, and you can't beat yourself up too much over it, as physically you just kill yourself. It was always good fun on the road and it still is.

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.

I love touring, I really do.

I much prefer touring to anything else. Studio work is great, and can be hugely satisfying, but live work has the excitement and the lifestyle that I love.

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.