Cost Quote by Andy Partridge

I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal.

— Stephen King

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.

— Gloria Swanson

I don't remember how much money we got when I was in Streetband. It was whatever cash was left at the end of the…

— Paul Young

I got £30 for my first gig, cash in hand.

— Kate Nash

When I was, like, 17 or 18 and didn't really have anything I needed to buy, we would do these pub gigs for some…

— Lewis Capaldi

The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds.

— Pete Townshend

I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.

— R. Kelly

I spent my entire first pay cheque from 'Cracker,' a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and…

— Josh Hartnett

I did a corporate gig where I presented on stage for an hour and was paid 12,000. I felt so guilty. It is still…

— Gethin Jones

I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25…

— Martin Landau

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it…

— Tracy Morgan

My standing gig in college was playing the El Chico patio on Murfreesboro Road. I got $100, tips, and free quesadillas.

— Chris Young