But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should sound like a live show.
I'm not going to do any more solo touring.
The U. K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U. K. which I love.
So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
I was touring a lot. . . I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.
Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.
In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.
When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.
If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.
I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.
I felt pressured by continuous touring.
At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience.
When you're touring and if you go to a party, there's automatically a celebrity-audience distance. It follows you around, especially when you're on the road in small towns. Any time there is awe, it gets very difficult to be normal, to be yourself. But I'm not saying that that's what made me the way I am. I've probably always been distant.
Touring for two years is excruciating.
A lot of people don't like touring because it's monotonous and you're waiting around a lot but for me it's great. I'm inspired by being in a different town every day - all the people I meet, all the things I see.
The worst thing about touring is the travel.
I think touring is one fo the funnest parts of being a singer or entertainer or whatever.
I love touring. If I could tour every day of my life, I would. It's my favorite thing to do.
Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.
You never get tired of the buzz of touring.