Martie Maguire Quotes

There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.

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

It doesn't matter how big the shows are, as long as I'm making a living playing music. That's all that matters to me.

I told my mom for years that I wanted to be a manicurist, and she'd always be like, 'But what if you went to college and you got a degree?' She'd try to explain how I could actually do a thing that would make me a ton of money, or that I didn't have to just pick the business that was closest to our house.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

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.

Hell, if I didn't do stunts, I'd have had to be a bartender, or something else that didn't pay well.

Originally my entire goal with music was for it to be my job. When I sit down to make a beat, I wanna know that I'm gonna get paid from it, and that I can pay my bills and still have money left over to be a person.

It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation.

I was brought up knowing that you have to make a living.

The thing about 'Soft Machine' and me was that I never considered another profession.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Modeling is not a passion of mine. I have been having fun with it, but it's just to pay the bills.

That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.

When I was a child, there was very little money, so I've always been concerned for my financial security, which has meant that finding myself as a writer was a bad move. The practical difference the money has made is that I can support myself by fiction. That is what I have been trying to do throughout my life.

I've always had a day job and never been just acting.