I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
Tom PettyI'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
Tom PettySongwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
Tom Petty