Curt Smith Quotes

Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.

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.

We're on tour for six months out of the year.

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

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

The touring for this album was definitely going to be the most intense touring we've done.

I don't mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and you're resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam you're gone.

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

Touring is a whole other animal for me and a whole other skill. But I'm having a lot of fun figuring all that out and switching it from internal to external and putting on a show.

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

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.

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.

I love to perform. But I don't like the traveling.

When you tour, it's so hard on the body. Being in one place is cool. It's a more stable environment.

The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.

I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.

Although I have been pretty vocal about hating touring, the only part of touring I don't like is being on the bus and bouncing around.

The idea of travelling all over the world singing the same songs sounds like hell. How people like Tina Turner still do it with enthusiasm is beyond me.

We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.

My schedule usually keeps me busy. However, I love performing on stage and I try my best to take time out for live performances.

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.

Being in Pentatonix, we basically toured year round, so it was tough to just get a break.

I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.

We love performing, we love touring.

I miss touring. I miss seeing people on the road. I miss that adrenaline rush; there's nothing like it.