Michael Franks
Related KID ROCK When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost ... BRYAN FERRY We came and started from scratch here. We had a small record label, we had no plan so we just starte... FELIX RODRIGUEZ VANILLA ICE I'm an independent. I've signed with no label. CHRISTINA GRIMMIE DANIEL TOSH Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music. VINCE STAPLES , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye. BAS RUTTEN I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna. HOZIER I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit. TAMSIN GREIG DIONNE WARWICK I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recor... TOM FELTON There's parts of touring I like. I like the actual performance part, but the bit when you're... BERNARD SUMNER KATE MOSS NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'... AL JOURGENSEN I spent a special part of my life (in Macon), ... It was my early 20s. It was the '70s. We'd signed ... JACK HALL VANESSA CARLTON My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I lande... DIDI CONN It was a big surprise when I started to get attention in Sweden, going from biochemistry studies to ... JOSE GONZALEZ But I don't mind, I'm a bit of a touring animal. When I'm on tour that is the greatest t... VANESSA MAE We're kind of staggering the touring a bit at this point just to write more songs for our next recor... STEVE BAYS As chairman and CEO for the past three years, I am very proud of the films released during that time... CASEY SILVER In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp! KERRY KING JOAN JETT I've got one week left, and then I'm done for a year. I haven't had a sabbatical, I haven't taken a ... BOBBY MCFERRIN I'm definitely one of those who embraces life to the fullest. So there I was, I had a record and I w... DIEGO GARCIA We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring. DANIEL JOHNS Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right. , QUOTED IN ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. , IN _A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY_ When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an... MISSY ELLIOTT PRINCE After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist... EMM GRYNER I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played t... JONATHAN FRID WASHED OUT INDIA DE BEAUFORT ERIC BOGOSIAN CHESTER BENNINGTON EMMA WATSON GERTRUDE EDERLE The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was ... WIN BUTLER When I was a kid, while touring East Berlin - back when there was an East Berlin - I got my left foo... KEVIN BLEYER The record-breaking box office performance of this incredible film was made possible by Warner Bros.... BRADLEY WECHSLER The record-breaking box office performance of this incredible film was made possible by Warner Bros.... BRADLEY J. WECHSLER MICHELLE BRANCH It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it. ERIQ LA SALLE JEFF NICHOLS Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it. 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Bertelsmann has developed strongly in the last years and increased its p... GUNTER THIELEN GEORGE TAKEI TAYLOR SWIFT I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me. DAVE LOMBARDO When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an... VANESSA MAE I have signed the personhood petition. I have taken the petitions to my church and circulating into ... CORY GARDNER I stopped touring a year and a half ago, ... I just got dead with it. ANDRE BENJAMIN 'Paranormal Activity' was a unique project in that I made it basically on my own, with a lit... OREN PELI SIA PRINCE WILLIAM PRINCESS DIANA
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