About Quote by Ben E. King

Money changes people. It all seemed too big and arrogant to me I didn't feel like a member of the group. Everybody was fighting.

— Randy Meisner

We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world, but we…

— Dennis Edwards

With me and Bill... I think we started out with $15 apiece and split the other $20 between the band.

— Bobby Hatfield

I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.

— Steven Van Zandt

We started as a band that struggled; none of us had money, and tried to make it, not because we wanted money but because…

— John Dolmayan

The only way the band could make any money was by going on tour. But going on tour meant we had to get time…

— Greg Saunier

I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because most people…

— Artie Shaw

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.

— Anonymous

We were a very popular live band in London, packing in 6,000 people a night, and the record companies that came after us wanted…

— Dave Clark

I had surprisingly little money when Wham! ended. You'd be very surprised how little, really, because you don't realize how much money it takes…

— George Michael

When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I…

— Ben E. King

I remember in 1990, there were five of us making $3 million a year. When guys passed us, we didn't cry. Why would we…

— Eric Davis