Winston Marshall Quotes

I wanted to stop while we were still getting big hits. The only thing I miss is the actual performing.

I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.

Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while.

In 1972 through '74, right before we hit it big, we were hauling our own equipment into the club and setting up and playing for, I don't know, a hundred bucks a night.

Being a rock star rocks.

A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it's not for them.

I am blessed that I get to do this thing I love to do, and if I wasn't doing this, I'd probably be working as Starbucks. So the fact that I get to travel around on a tour bus all around the country is pretty awesome.

Hillbilly Rock' was the song that opened the door and gave me a reason to get a bus and a band and cowboy clothes to go out there and figure it out in front of everybody. And the hits started coming.

I've been putting out records for so long, but I didn't want to tour because I didn't think anybody really cared.

I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America.

I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.

We did 300 shows in our first two years.

I've toured the world with David Foster and all kinds of different people. It's been a great ride, and I don't think it's about to stop any time soon.

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But those days are long behind me.

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

I was very blessed with 'N Sync. It was a big success and it was a lot of fun.

I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

I started in a band called 'Timbiriche', we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

Before I was on 'Idol,' I just sat at home and played video games all day long. Now I get to travel and work towards my dream. It's the best feeling ever.

My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I was. They knew the songs, but they didn't know me.