Income Quote by Elton John

I've been getting publishing royalties and stuff like that. I have just been lucky. They come in at the right time. Sometimes they don't,…

— Pharoah Sanders

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience…

— John Perry Barlow

I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all in live…

— Paul Young

I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do make money…

— Sia

I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience…

— Leo Kottke

I don't particularly love live performance of my music. I love writing and recording, but you can't make money off of that.

— Ben Rosenfield

I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.

— Dr. Dre

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just…

— Bryce Courtenay

I'm a performer. That's what I do. That and making money - it's the passion and the care factor for the people that support…

— Schoolboy Q

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living…

— Robyn Hitchcock

While I used to make my living principally as a record producer, as time went on, I had to depend more and more on…

— Todd Rundgren

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people…

— Kevin Drew