Martin Yan Quotes

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.

I'm not in this for the money because if I was, I would have jumped out after our first album.

I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

I like making money, but it's a scorecard. I'm not driven by that.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

I like money, but it's never been about the money.

Of course, I do everything for money.

I do them all for the money, I really do.

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

The best piece of advice I ever got from anyone was when Spike Jonze said, 'Take money out of the equation.' And that's actually when Vice started making lots of money. That's when I stopped worrying about money and started worrying about what I wanted to do.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

It's never been about making money.

So I want to make money. I think it's an OK goal to have. I always felt like I can't ask for that. But why not?

I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I have to let something drive me... so now I let the money drive me.

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.