David A. R. White Quotes

I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

As a filmmaker, one tends to want to evolve evermore towards a place of independence.

My contacts with the film industry can be described in very simple terms: The industry does not really need me, and I do not really need the industry.

I still direct my own videos.

I'm building my own brand outside of the Peas. It's not Black Eyed Peas, it's Zumbao. Zumbao is different from the Peas because it's all on me and I can't feed off of anybody other than me.

If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.

Finally I'd found this way where I didn't need a record label; I didn't need to wait for some phone call to tell me, 'Go and do it'. It's like, I'm going to get up with a bag of CDs and an amp and my guitar and make it happen for myself. That was such a liberating feeling, and I think it was the start of everything.

Growing up, I dreamt of being economically independent because I always believed women should be so.

I figured out that it was important for me to have my identity, just live independently and like being myself, musically.

I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody to do it for me.

I was just hoping to have the freedom to do my work.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

Within the Universal deal, we've always felt like an independent act. We've never been told what to do. We've used their resources to our own design.

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

For money, I can buy one thing: I buy freedom.

I've written all of my songs, I directed all my videos. Every part of what I've done for music, from the visuals to the business, I did it. And I'm really proud of that.

I believe in myself enough to not get hung up on what other people are doing, or what I should be writing, or the nature of how I'm writing. I'm just able.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

I have my name, and I have a growing fan base, so I'm gonna do whatever I want.

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

A lot of women feel it's a man's world. Some people think all you need to do is marry a rich guy, and you don't need to do anything with your life. I would hate that. I don't care whether he has money or he doesn't, because I don't need it, and that's a good feeling that I don't have to worry about that.

Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

In ten years I will be a beautiful charming lovely lady writer without any husband or children but lots of lovers and everyone will read the books I write and want to marry me but I will never marry any of them. I will have lots of money and jewels too.