John Oates Quotes

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself '.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

Touring is a weird thing. It's like getting married to four different people.

I was in a band called the SteelDrivers, and we just played hard in vans, hopping on airplanes, not knowing where you're at.

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

I don't mind doing the Who tours when they come along but I want to get out there and play.

I say that I get paid to travel, and I play the shows for free.

I've always been in touring bands in some capacity.

I do road gigs occasionally but I don't want to go out on the road for months at a time.

Touring is a tough business.

The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.

Touring can be repetitive at times.

Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

I've been touring now since about '68.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

There's nothing more that I enjoy doing as much as touring. It's basically being able to connect with the fans without all the madness that goes on in my regular life.

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

You don't write songs, really, when you're on tour.

The thing is, I'll always be a touring artist. It's what I am; that's what I love doing.

I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be in that world. But I also understood that being a touring musician meant that you'd be gone a lot and that was going to make other things a lot harder, like having a family.

Being in a band can be really toxic to being in a relationship, considering all the touring and everything. Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again.

I actually did my first tour at the age of 10 with my dad, and it was as a country singer. We toured through Alaska, and he took me to sing at places like county fairs, hoedowns, backyard barbecues, you name it. We were usually passing around the hat for gas money to get to the next gig.

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.

If I can still sing and still perform to my satisfaction, I don't mind touring.