American Quote by Toni Basil

I didn't earn that much in record royalties. You've only got to look at my sales in 1980 to figure that one out.

— Paul McCartney

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 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

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I…

— Kenneth Anger

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

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'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment…

— Rodney Crowell

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

There's really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of…

— Joey Kramer

I never really made much money playing music. It's because I've never really worked with a producer who could make my music sound, I…

— Mark Linkous

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 make a lot of money off featuring, doing songs with up-and-coming artists. I can charge someone $10,000 to $15,000 to do one song.

— Rich the Kid