James Taylor on touring, 1991

"It's interesting, you know; if the tour lasts for two months, the rehearsals and the first three weeks of it will be the most rewarding time. Then there comes a point where you are feeling as though you're repeating it. It's such a large show--if it's for an average of 10,000 people a night, and carrying sound and lights and stuff that all need cues, and it's being given in an arena context, then you tend not to change it every night. You tend to want to set it into the form that that tour is going to be, and give them the best that you can every night rather than take a chance on it. If you're playing small clubs you can feel a little bit better about changing it up, but those big places tend to freeze the show. So after about three weeks of having it out, it starts to feel a bit like turning the crank."

From the book Rock Troubadours: Conversations on the Art and Craft of Songwriting.