Firsts Quote by Lemar

I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.

— Marina Abramovic

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

— Richard O'Brien

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for…

— Jo Stafford

I was an usher at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. You had to watch whatever play they had on 40 times.

— Robert Webb

I couldn't get gigs because you need to be 18 in most venues. So I started doing videos. I wasn't thinking about getting a…

— Nina Nesbitt

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum…

— Tiffany Darwish

I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn…

— Ester Dean

We're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives us a…

— Tina Weymouth

One springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was…

— Billy Gibbons

With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually make a…

— Ty Segall

Playing out in a band all the time at least you made money. Even if you have a hit song, it takes about two…

— J. J. Cale

I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.

— Melissa de la Cruz