I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I'm on tour. It's not only my upbringing, but it helps me stay sane. It helps me remember my purpose and the overall picture of what is important to me and what makes me happy.
We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.
The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.
When I don't have to do out on tour I go to church. Church is a good place to be.
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.
I don't know how these bands did it back in the '70s when they would crank out two records a year and tour at the same time, which is incredible to me. I have so much respect for all those bands working so hard like that.
I always think I'm going to record a lot on tour but it's always hard to fit it in the schedule, and there's a whole lotta' other extra curricular activities that happen on the road.
We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.
The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.
Any time the Chicks want to play, that takes precedence, because we can make a lot of money.
I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.
Actually, for 'Family & Loyalty' I wanted Drake on the track but he was about to go on tour for his Scorpion album, so timewise it wasn't going to work.
The period of time between when you're done with a record and when you start touring is the worst period of a time in a musician's life.
Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.
You think of, like, Justin Timberlake. He does a three-hour performance every night, and it's like, wow, I don't know how that guy does it.
I tour a lot, sometimes like a hundred shows a year.
Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour.
I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.
Usually for the tour, there's about 80 songs in our brain.
It's always ideal if the production that you're taking out on tour is the one that you spent two weeks rehearsing with, and you just do the same show thirty nights in a row.
My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.
My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.
We'll always play different venues. We'll play small clubs or stadiums or things in between.
If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see.
