Joe Bonamassa Quotes

People don't get it; they think I'm rich. I'm not! I have no money.

I am definitely not rich.

I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.

The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.

Broke is a Hollywood term!

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor.

I wasn't rich.

My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.'

We didn't grow up rich people.

I used to have lots of tigers. I had all sorts of exotic pets when I had some money. Before I was broke, I had everything. Pigeons and vultures, lions, tigers, and bears. I had it all.

Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.

The feeling of rich makes you rich. The feeling of poor makes you poor.

The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

Most rich people are the poorest people I know.

I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.

The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.