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There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.

— Leo Kottke

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.

— Jonny Lang

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

— Tony La Russa

I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.

— Queen Rania of Jordan

When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.

— Ritchie Blackmore

On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy.

— Travis Barker

Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it.

— Daniel Johns

Touring is an incredibly isolated situation. I don't know how people tour for years on end. You find a lot of people who can't stop touring, and it's because they don't know how to come back into life. It's sort of unreal.

— Kate Bush

You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night.

— Slash

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

— Moby

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm not the kind of person that can do the same thing over and over and over, so that's why touring, playing in a different venue every night, in front of a different audience, is so rewarding, you know, because it always feels fresh.

— Jake Shimabukuro