Nuno Bettencourt Quotes

I've been touring for 25 years. I'm used to it, so I love it. Although I feel the tug of home, as I have three little kids, I don't suffer like some artists who constantly complain about how much they hate traveling.

We've always enjoyed touring, which is fortunate because we're always on the road. The most difficult part is that time passes by so quickly. It's hard to pay attention to your normal life because shows are all-encompassing.

Ninety percent of touring is a logistical maneuver, moving your body and everyone else's from one city to the next. You're like a piece of gear. Then you jump out of the box, get onstage, and play. That sounds cynical, but it sucks to move around so much.

I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.

Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.

I don't think I ever had a certain image of what touring was like... I think when you're young, you think it's very glamourous, but it's not.

The hardest part about touring is being away from family and friends. When you're gone for a long time, it's especially hard for me to remember to keep in touch with certain people because there's so much going on on the road.

I hate touring beyond measure. I don't like all the travelling and the hotel rooms. But the hour and a half on stage each night keep me going.

I've done the big 12-city tours, and I'm never going to do that again - never. I was younger then. It wears you out, you know.

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

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.

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

I find it hard to get enthusiastic about hotels because, as a touring comic, I spend a lot of time in them.

When you tour, it's so hard on the body. Being in one place is cool. It's a more stable environment.

As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home.

I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.

For better or for worse, I just have to be on tour for some portion of the year. But it's not easy, you know. It's not easy on the people you love, and I understand when people look at this life and say this isn't sustainable.

I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work.

Now that I'm married it's hard to be away from my husband, the house, my dog. But I really love being on the road.

Hydroxycut keeps me going while on tour. It's a grind on the road, and I'm excited to be joining the team.

It's funny to think that at 22 years old, I was really burned out from being on the road for 10 years.

I've had the worst relationships because with touring it's impossible.

We're on the road 300 days a year. There's no recovery time. It's a test of your physical and mental endurance.