Nipsey Hussle Quotes

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me.

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over.

You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.

I'm not in this for the money because if I was, I would have jumped out after our first album.

For God's sake, man, when you leave State, you'll be overwhelmed with offers. You'll be rich.

I know all I really wanna do is get money and take care of my family.

I never turned a part down when they offered me money.

Price doesn't make deals, and salary doesn't control your career.

A lot of us players, if you were to ask them, feel like they have to play overseas. Why? 'Why not? Might as well do it while I can.' For a while, I felt that way - I've got to make the most money that I can. Now, do I feel like I could still play overseas? Absolutely. But I don't feel that pressure anymore.

As long as I'm taking care of my family and breaking records and continuing to excel and continuing to find new endorsements - everything's working.

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

There's definitely a lot of moments in my life now where I go, 'Wow, I get paid for this.' I've had worse jobs.

Earlier in my career, there may have been compulsions for accepting films for money.

Money wasn't the motivating factor in calling time on my international career and focusing on T20 cricket. If I was here to make as much money as I can, I would be playing 10 to 12 tournaments a year.

I'm not hugely monetarily motivated.

I like making money, but it's a scorecard. I'm not driven by that.