Performance Revenue Quotes

Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records.

There's a tendency to make more money at concerts. That's from a financial standpoint. Night clubs have a better feel, better contact between the artist and the audience.

I'm the cash cow, I believe, so at 135 or 130, I'm selling out arenas, putting butts in the seats.

The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families.

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.

Artists should re-emphasize performance and de-emphasize recording. You always make more money if you have a healthy performing life than you will if you have even a moderately healthy recording life. Don't make recording the most important thing you do. Make performing the most important thing you do, and then you can make recordings and sell them at your shows, because record labels aren't going to be around to help you get on the radio stations, and the radio stations probably aren't going to play you anyway.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

The biggest income we make is from live performances, without any doubt. That's about a 4-to-1 ratio from anything else.

Jay Z doesn't care if he plays in Paris or Denver, but we do. We make more money in Paris.

I'm lucky that I enjoy playing live; it's my passion to do that. There's certain artists that never want to play live. They just want to be in the studio. Good luck, because there is no income.

Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.