Mel Tillis Quotes

Let's face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.

I love the road. That's always been my goal. I've said that to many record labels. I want to make records. The road is my favorite. Some people hate the road, I love the road.

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.

I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

I want to write songs people can sing along to. I can think of nothing more exciting than travelling the world and playing to audiences and having them sing your words along with you.

When I'm not touring, I sing at home, either at the piano or I'll pick up my guitar, singing old Buck Owens songs.

I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong suit even more than singing. I can't wait to take that music on tour and share it with as many people as I can.

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

I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing musicians, so that's what we do.

I wake up every day, make awesome music with awesome people, and tour the world, which is incredible.

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

One of the parts of 'BGT' we love doing the most is going around the country.

We love to make records, and we love to tour.

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town.

When I turned 30, I started to feel all those miles. At times, you want to turn the faucet off a bit, but I never want to stop traveling. That's what it's all about - taking the music to the people.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a lot of melodies come to me. So I've written a lot of songs on planes.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.

I've been traveling around to play music since before I even had a driver's license.

I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.