I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won’t believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

Brooks frames sports fandom as a practical and social counterweight to the isolating, repetitive rhythms of touring. Following a team provides continuity—something stable to track from city to city—while talking sports with bandmates and fans becomes a low-stakes common language that cuts across celebrity and profession. The remark also pushes back against stereotypes of musicians as detached from everyday pastimes, emphasizing how widespread sports interest is within touring culture. In this sense, the quote highlights leisure as a form of mental maintenance: an “outlet” that helps performers decompress, bond, and preserve a sense of normal life amid constant travel and performance pressure.