Jimmy Scott Quotes

You have to do whatever jobs you can to pay the rent.

A lot of the times, I end up having to do jobs to sort of pay the bills.

I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

I did just about anything to pay the rent for a while.

I've pretty much always lived paycheck to paycheck. I never considered it struggling, but it has always been a high-wire act.

I'm always workin', man. I gotta pay the light bills.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Always make sure you have your rent. At the end of the month, if you have to eat Ramen for a week because you won't have your rent money, just do it but make sure your rent is all there so you're not stressing about that. As long as you have your rent at least you have somewhere to live.

There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.

I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet.

The only way you can acquire anything is by writing a cheque. At the end of the day you're writing a personal cheque, which tends to concentrate the mind.

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.

I am still writing my own checks for more or less substantial amounts every week in order to squeeze by the weekend.

Many Americans who have suffered during a recession have had to cut their spending 1 percent, and they didn't like doing it, but they were able to do it to get their family's finances back in order.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

With 6 kids, I still pay off my student loans. I still pay my mortgage. I drive a used minivan. If you think I'm living high off the hog, I've got one paycheck.

I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.

I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.

When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.

My mom laid the foundation that in order for you to be successful, you have to take care of the books first. That's one thing she preached about, because at any point, other stuff can be taken away.

I was working maybe four different jobs just to make ends meet. I was really broke. I could barely pay rent. I didn't have a car. I was riding my bike from one job to another and then to audition in between.

When I was studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse, I would overdraft my bank account and not have enough money to buy groceries. But I also discovered how to cook with very limited resources.

You can have a passion for something, but you still have to pay the bills.

I've lived on $400 a month in college. I've lived on it fine.