Rory Gallagher Quotes

I love playing live, but our tours generally last about a year. I could never do this without the understanding and support of my wife. She's also a guitar player, and we knew each other before Dream Theater started touring.

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

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

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

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 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.

The best part of touring is playing the shows. I mean, that is the point of touring, at least for me. I have been blessed in that I've always gotten to play with other good musicians.

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.

The best part of touring is the opportunity to make the music. You get to do what you love and have the ability to go out on stage every night and create.

I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expect when I left him to join Eric Clapton on his 1974 U.S. tour.

I do play drums when I'm on tour.

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

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 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.

I think touring is one fo the funnest parts of being a singer or entertainer or whatever.

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.

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

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

Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?

I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' tours. I was also on tour with Diana Ross.

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

I think it's just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you're doing a film, because when you're doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don't get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.

It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again.

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

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.