Tom Segura Quotes

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.

Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.

The touring was crazy, it was a lot of work. But I enjoyed it.

I've been touring now since about '68.

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.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring.

I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I'd be on the road six days a week, go home and change bags, and then be gone for another six days.

We also tour nationally and internationally.

I was happy to find out that when on tour, Dolly Parton doesn't use hotels but stays on her bus every night, to the point of having her buses shipped from Austria to Australia so she can tour the way she sees fit. I used one of her buses once - an honor.

When you're 17, touring is fun.

We love touring. We love being in front of the fans.

But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.

It's kinda weird sometimes going on tour with bands because you never really know what to expect.

I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

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

The best thing about being on tour is meeting the fans.

Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.

Although I have been pretty vocal about hating touring, the only part of touring I don't like is being on the bus and bouncing around.

After two world tours where we played every state but Greenland, I only saw the inside of a hotel. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but it did get tiring.

Live shows are really big for me. I want to do as many of those as I can.

I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.