Don McLean Quotes

I hope that I'll be hot for a long time so I can make a lot of money, I can retire early, and just travel. Hopefully that will happen.

I'm not Russell Brand or Ricky Gervais, but I have enough money that I don't have to work. Most people who've done what I do don't have that.

I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.

I mean, the way I see it is, every penny I've ever made through music is free money.

I'd made enough money by the time I was 12 to never have to work again.

I don't particularly care how many records we sell any more because we've kind of bought all the equipment we want to buy.

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

When I sold my first company at 30, I could have done whatever I wanted to do.

The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.

The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.

My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.

Bank account statement just look like I'm ready for early retirement

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success.

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.

I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.

Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

He that is rich is wise.

I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.