Duff McKagan Quotes

I don't want to outlive my money.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

This isn't like cancer, where we don't know the solution. Financial planning is math. We have the answers, yet it's this huge cause of stress.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It's not even paper.

I made 22 million in 14 years... with taxes, and travel and everything else, it gets blown out the window... which is why I still need to work.

I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.

What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.

I admit to occasionally sharing the financial hysteria of the rest of the country, the urgency to save more for the family in case you can't write any more.

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

People die millionaires. All your life, you're gonna stress money?

You want to make sure you're aware of who's dealing with your money, what it's doing, and how you can save.

I must know every aspect of my personal finances. Managing your money will help you make your money work for you.

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.