Jack Irons Quotes

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

We also tour nationally and internationally.

I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.

Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.

My fans do deserve to see me back out on the road.

When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.

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.

When we decided to go to Cuba to perform, we did it because we just wanted to build a bridge, you know, between Cuba and the rest of the community. And we just wanted to prove that music and art need to be over all ideology or way to think life, and we just wanted to go in there and play just because of love.

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.

I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe.

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.

I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that.

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.

There is beautiful music in every country in the world, but there is only one kind of music that travels all over the world: Black, American, Jazz!

It's just really cool to go to countries and play festivals for people who don't really know your band or don't ever get to see it. It's really nice.

There are a lot of actors that don't like touring and will do just about anything to get out of it, but I loved it. I loved the cities, the people, and the new experiences it offered.

'Britain's Got Talent' just gave me that platform that I needed to share that with the world and be recognized, and now I'm able to travel the world and sing my music in places I never thought I'd visit - Dubai, Mexico, Brazil, so many different places.

If we have good opportunities to perform in the U.S., Europe, or South America, we are more than glad to go and perform there.

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

Most years, I do 70 or 80 concerts.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw may be from America, but the band's music sure isn't: Since the beginning, Eastern Europe has been an unwavering source of musical inspiration, not to mention fertile touring ground, for the group.

We're on tour for six months out of the year.