Ian Gillan Quotes

I've been touring now since about '68.

I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town.

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

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

Touring is a tough business.

I've been touring through Texas since I was 15, on my first tour ever.

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics.

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.

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

We love performing, we love touring.

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.

My fans do deserve to see me back out on the road.

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.

I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

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

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

I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.