Glenn Frey Quotes

I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.

In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.

While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them.

In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to travel between gigs.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

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

Rock n' roll is a pretty fun job.

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that.

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.

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.

When I started, there weren't any arenas. There was football fields, but they would only hold three or four or five hundred people at the most... We played a lot of high school auditoriums and things like that - a lot of churches... but boy, it has changed.

I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.

It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time.

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be your most authentic. That's where you have the most power.

For musicians, Musikfest is the most cool event.

I sell out shows. My performance is top-tier.