Ian Gillan Quotes

At the end of the day, a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income.

There's no money in television, but TV provides the wherewithal to get the dollars for live performances.

Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the real money, you talk about touring. No question.

There's a tendency to make more money at concerts. That's from a financial standpoint. Night clubs have a better feel, better contact between the artist and the audience.

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

I did 15 shows a week when I lived in New York. I did five shows on a Friday and seven shows on a Saturday. It was everything I did and it was my sole source of income.

It's not the fact that your single can sell. It's the fact that you can sell hard tickets. People will spend money to see you.

We always felt it helped during live shows to have multiple lead singers to give our voices a break.

My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such a thing would be money, and I don't think that's a good reason to play live.

Growing up, the only acts that came to us in Alaska were the big ones. The Mariah Careys.

I think acoustic performances and full, live performances are always cool in different ways.

I think that my performances with Led Zeppelin got better with each performance and I think that our performances as Led Zeppelin Experience have also gotten better with each show.

Some of the greatest hip-hop artists have incorporated elements from electronic shows into their setup. People are taking notice. It's going to be a new wave.

Obviously there was the idea that we could sell more records if we played live, but I guess I didn't care enough to sell more records to do that.

I only do about 25 shows a year and I do not really do tours.

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

A lot of people have got into it because of money, but true comedians do it because they can't help it, and feel slightly removed doing anything else. That were case with me.

Jay Z doesn't care if he plays in Paris or Denver, but we do. We make more money in Paris.

Once I realized music was working, I was getting money off of shows and I figured that I could find success through music.

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

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

I love watching live music. It's one of the reasons I love living in Austin, Texas, because there is so much live music.

I always tell people, when I was growing up I was really into getting money - I didn't really care about anything else.

Most years, I do 70 or 80 concerts.

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.