Always Quote by Leon Russell

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the…

— Charley Pride

There was a period in my life when I was trying to write standards: songs that everybody recorded. I did a pretty good run…

— Leon Russell

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

— Ben E. King

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

— Jimmy Webb

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

— Carly Simon

I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make…

— Patrick Wolf

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

— Girl Talk

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

— RuPaul

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of…

— Jackson Browne

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

— Ryan Tedder

I used to sing all the time. But I couldn't imagine getting paid for it.

— Anne Murray

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get…

— Enrique Iglesias