Eric Church Quotes

What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Those who do not need to provide or have not built the vehicles of their own sustenance can afford to be less hardworking and driven than those who carry the burden of necessity.

I come from a background where money has never been an issue.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

Coming from where I come from, I didn't have the luxury of having a trust fund. Or money from generations. Or the luxury of hoppin' into the family business, you know?

I don't come from family money, and neither does my husband.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

A lot of people around me were really staggeringly rich, which I never have been. I walked in between the raindrops of real money, but I've stayed happy.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

I'm not a trust-fund child. I think my father's got a healthy work ethic, and therefore, I think it just came with the part. You've got to look after yourself.

I don't need to work.

I'm for economic independence.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.

I'm not independently wealthy.

Let me explain something: I'm not incredibly rich.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.