Neal Schon Quotes

My first show, in England, was called 'Soldier, Soldier.'

My biggest dream is to headline an arena tour.

Pay-per-view events for us were really just another show while we were out on a road tour.

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.

When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance.

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

It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in the evening.

Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.

When I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.'

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.

Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.

I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip.

A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

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

When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.

Touring has been a major part of my career. I've done a lot of huge shows, including a 13-night sell-out stint at the Indoor Arena in Birmingham, playing to a total audience of 65,000.