A month of recuperating, having a personal life, thinking about which music you want to have at your next concert, thinking about how you want to present it.
A month of practicing with the people whom you perform with, arranging for where you'll perform and where you'll stay.
Then a week or a few weeks of concerts.
Wouldn't this also take the pressure off having to write an entire album every year or every few years? Do people really think in terms of albums? Don't they think in terms of songs?
If you have that tour schedule, then you can sing the songs that you feel like singing, even if they're the first songs that you sang professionally, and you can try out new songs in front of live audiences, which your fans will go crazy about.
This might also prevent you from being tired of your music, tired of performing, tired of audiences and everything else, which might also prevent you from feeling like you have to take years at a time not to work. It's good for people to have work obligations, to have things that they said they would do and to follow through. The most brilliant artist can't derive much inspiration from sitting around at home, whether home is a mansion or a no-frills apartment distinguished by its prosaic charm.
This might also prevent you from being tired of your music, tired of performing, tired of audiences and everything else, which might also prevent you from feeling like you have to take years at a time not to work. It's good for people to have work obligations, to have things that they said they would do and to follow through. The most brilliant artist can't derive much inspiration from sitting around at home, whether home is a mansion or a no-frills apartment distinguished by its prosaic charm.