Ryan Ross Quotes

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

My material life is simple.

If I have enough money to eat I'm good.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.

How much does one person need to live? I've never needed or wanted that much.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn't. I just do it because I love doing it.

I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.

I really don't care if anyone thinks I'm special or not, I just want to be able to live my life without thinking about money all the time, or where I'm going to get it.

Money wasn't important to me. Once I discovered music, I was quite happy to live as a bum. As long as I had my music and my band, I was happy.

When I graduated college, I remember all I really wanted was to make enough money to have a swimming pool, because I love to swim, to grow my own fruit. I wanted to have a little plot where I could grow my own oranges and make enough money where I could to take two weeks off a year. I figured if I had that, it was game over.

I'm not greedy - I have a pretty good life. I don't have an expensive lifestyle, so I can make my living teaching classes at my gym.

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle.

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.

My goal is to be able to provide for myself and not have to worry about the daily expenses. I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.